Westword: Complaint Accuses Denver Slaughterhouse, Fur Ban Campaigns of Hiding Donors
Westword
By Hannah Metzger
Over $455,000 has been raised in support of two ballot initiatives seeking to ban slaughterhouses and new fur products from Denver. Of that, nearly $433,000 is reported as coming from one source: Pro-Animal Future.
Pro-Animal Future is the animal rights organization that petitioned Initiated Ordinances 308 and 309 onto the ballot. The group has been collecting donations for the initiatives on its website, then passing the funds on to its issue committee, Pro-Animal Denver, under its own name. As a result, campaign finance records show Pro-Animal Future as the donor, not whoever originally contributed.