Insane Initiative That Would Have Banned Hunting and Fishing in Oregon Fails to Make November Ballot

For months now, we have been following the progression of a ballot initiative in the state of Oregon that would effectively ban hunting and fishing by outlawing the killing of animals.

In May, petitioners seemed to reach the prerequisite number of signatures to get this crazy initiative on the ballot in November, but in the end they fell short.

When the state finally examined the petition signatures, they found that many of them were not valid. Anyone surprised?

The Oregon Capital Chronicle reports:

Oregon initiative that would have banned most killing of animals won’t be on November ballots

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 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 than 75% of the valid signatures it needed from Oregon voters to make it onto the November ballot.

Oregonians trying to pass laws through a statewide vote need to collect signatures from 6% of voters who cast ballots in the last gubernatorial election. This year, that’s 117,173 signatures.

Backers of the animal cruelty initiative, who did not immediately return a call for comment Friday, reported handing in 142,784 signatures. But through two statistical samples, state election officials determined that just 104,262 of those signatures matched individual Oregon voters’ signature records. Election officials compare signatures submitted to voter records and exclude duplicates.

Initiative Petition 28 would have banned nearly all harming or killing animals, with exceptions for self-defense and veterinary care. It would not have applied to insects, which aren’t considered animals under Oregon law, but would cover all other non-human creatures.

The left used fraudulent signatures? Say it isn’t so.

Had originally got enough to be on ballot…but a bunch of fraudulent signatures took it blow the threshold

Imagine that lol https://t.co/xyA7PWm6kJ

— B Wood (@BeastOfWood) July 27, 2026

This is one of the reasons that so many people in Oregon want to break away from the state and become part of Idaho.

Who can blame them?

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