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<blockquote data-quote="MacFromOK" data-source="post: 3555708" data-attributes="member: 40864"><p>The age part alone is absolutely nuts... and they're including fish as livestock. <img src="/images/smilies/shocked.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":shocked:" title="Shocked :shocked:" data-shortname=":shocked:" /></p><p></p><p><strong>"In an updated definition of animals, livestock has been added to the statute. Livestock is defined as bovine, camelids, caprine, equine, ovine, porcine, FISH and poultry. The act proposes that no animal can be harvested (butchered) until it has lived 25 percent of its natural lifespan. The act “explicitly defines” the natural lifespan of a cow as 20 years, a chicken as 8 years, a turkey as 10 years, a duck as 6 years, a pig as 15 years, a sheep as 15 years, and a rabbit as 6 years. "</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>"The fallout from passage of such an initiative would be devastating at so many levels. Colorado’s sheep, lamb, and wool production ranks fourth in the nation. Because a lamb is butchered at 6 – 8 months and the natural lifespan defined in this initiative is 15 years, lamb farmers would be out of business in the state of Colorado."</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>"Cattle and Calves is Colorado’s number one agricultural commodity with 2.6 million head of cattle in the state. No one I know wants to chew on a steak from a 5-year-old steer. Youthfulness and tenderness are directly and positively correlated."</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>"I have not even begun to talk about the all the costs associated with caring for livestock those extra months (years?) before they can be harvested or the added cost to the consumer. So long export markets. They do not want beef from cattle over 30 months of age. These concerns only scratch the surface."</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>"Colorado ranks tenth in the nation in the number of cattle with 2,650,000 head. If it can happen in a state that has 2.83% of our country’s cattle, it can happen anywhere."</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://brownfieldagnews.com/two-cents/animal-agriculture-threatened-in-colorado/" target="_blank">https://brownfieldagnews.com/two-cents/animal-agriculture-threatened-in-colorado/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacFromOK, post: 3555708, member: 40864"] The age part alone is absolutely nuts... and they're including fish as livestock. :shocked: [b]"In an updated definition of animals, livestock has been added to the statute. Livestock is defined as bovine, camelids, caprine, equine, ovine, porcine, FISH and poultry. The act proposes that no animal can be harvested (butchered) until it has lived 25 percent of its natural lifespan. The act “explicitly defines” the natural lifespan of a cow as 20 years, a chicken as 8 years, a turkey as 10 years, a duck as 6 years, a pig as 15 years, a sheep as 15 years, and a rabbit as 6 years. "[/b] [b]"The fallout from passage of such an initiative would be devastating at so many levels. Colorado’s sheep, lamb, and wool production ranks fourth in the nation. Because a lamb is butchered at 6 – 8 months and the natural lifespan defined in this initiative is 15 years, lamb farmers would be out of business in the state of Colorado."[/b] [b]"Cattle and Calves is Colorado’s number one agricultural commodity with 2.6 million head of cattle in the state. No one I know wants to chew on a steak from a 5-year-old steer. Youthfulness and tenderness are directly and positively correlated."[/b] [b]"I have not even begun to talk about the all the costs associated with caring for livestock those extra months (years?) before they can be harvested or the added cost to the consumer. So long export markets. They do not want beef from cattle over 30 months of age. These concerns only scratch the surface."[/b] [b]"Colorado ranks tenth in the nation in the number of cattle with 2,650,000 head. If it can happen in a state that has 2.83% of our country’s cattle, it can happen anywhere."[/b] [URL]https://brownfieldagnews.com/two-cents/animal-agriculture-threatened-in-colorado/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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