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Denver fur ban initiative targets fashion industry, but it’s got fly-fishers and cowboy hat makers worried, too

Initiated Ordinance 308 would ban manufacture, sale and display of many fur products

Coleen Orr presses the brim on customer Ellen Hanson’s hat at Cowboy Up Hatters on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, near Welby, Colorado. Orr’s hats are made of either 100% rabbit fur, 100% beaver fur or half of each kind of fur. (Rebecca Slezak/Special to The Denver Post)
Coleen Orr presses the brim on customer Ellen Hanson’s hat at Cowboy Up Hatters on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, near Welby, Colorado. Orr’s hats are made of either 100% rabbit fur, 100% beaver fur or half of each kind of fur. (Rebecca Slezak/Special to The Denver Post)
Joe Rubino - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | jrubino@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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The Denver Fur Ban that's on the ballot sounds simple enough, but opponents point to potential unintended consequences for fly-fishing shops, hat makers and Native American traditions.
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