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SALEM â Animal agriculture could soon be considered animal cruelty under a proposed ballot measure in Oregon. Farm groups are pushing back against Initiative Petition 13, which would strip away most protections for livestock producers under the stateâs animal abuse laws. The result would effectively criminalize everything from slaughtering livestock to basic animal husbandry, including branding and dehorning cattle, castrating bulls and docking horses, sheep and pigs, said Mary Anne Cooper, vice president of public policy for the Oregon Farm Bureau. The initiative also seeks to re-c...