Colorado PAUSE

07/29/2021

https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/culture-war-beef-colorado-78052959

ABC News’ Kayna Whitworth reports on the battle over beef in Colorado, where ranchers say a proposed ballot initiative to protect how animals are treated could wipe out their livelihoods.

07/29/2021

As a result of the CO Supreme Court ruling, we have donated the rest of our account balance to Brave New Life Project. A non-profit "committed to supporting transitioning workers from industrial animal ag & breeding jobs into careers that are more humane, sustainable and prosperous"

04/12/2021

Our donation link is now live on our site!
ColoradoPAUSE.org

04/10/2021

Prop 16 for Nov 8th 2022: Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning expanding crimes
relating to cruelty to animals, and, in connection therewith, expanding the definition of “livestock”
to include fish; expanding the definition of “sexual act with an animal” to include intrusion or
pe*******on, however slight, into an animal’s a**s or ge****ls with an object or part of a person’s
body and removing the existing exception for animal husbandry practices and creating an
exception for care to improve the animal’s health; defining the “natural lifespan” for certain species
of livestock and providing that slaughtering those animals is not criminal animal cruelty if done
according to accepted animal husbandry practices after the animal has lived 1/4 of the natural
lifespan; removing the exception to the animal cruelty statutes for animal husbandry practices used
in the care of companion or livestock animals; eliminating some exceptions to certain sentencing
requirements; and providing that, in case of a conflict with animal care otherwise authorized by
law, the criminal cruelty to animals statutes control?

03/31/2021

Black lives matter.

03/20/2021

"The reports tell of animals living in squalid conditions, with inadequate protection from the elements, and with several dead creatures sharing the pen with them, in varying degrees of decomposition.... This particular situation becomes rather complicated by the apparent fact that either no law is being technically broken"

03/18/2021

P.A.U.S.E. does not affect any veterinary practices that in the interest of the animal's health - i.e. spaying and neutering

03/18/2021

P.A.U.S.E. does not change the definitions of any of the following crimes against an animal: overdrives, overloads, overworks, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, repeated serious physical harm, or otherwise mistreats or neglects any animal

03/16/2021

Why P.A.U.S.E. is needed:
"Multiple investigations, conducted by three separate organizations, have revealed abuses at dairies in Colorado, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania, including cows being stabbed with screwdrivers and calves denied access to water and hit and jabbed with rods and sticks."
- aldf.org/target

02/22/2021

Passed Legislative Staff step and submitted to the Title Board! March 17th lets go!

02/17/2021

No critiques from lawyers --> Last meeting with the Legislative Staff on Feb 22nd

02/14/2021

Talking to several lawyers to try to get one to help, but moving forward regardless!