By Julia Shumway
Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregonians won’t vote in November on whether to ban hunting, fishing, livestock farming and animal research after backers of a widely criticized initiative failed to gather enough valid signatures to make the ballot.
The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office announced late Friday afternoon, July 24, that it had determined Initiative Petition 28, an effort
led by Portland-based vegan advocates to dramatically expand the state’s animal cruelty laws, had less…