Why You Should Vote Yes on Initiative 1401, Which Is Paul Allen’s Measure to Save His Beloved Pangolins

This is a pangolin, and Paul Allen needs you to vote right now to protect it, okay? Maggy Meyer/Shutterstock

The largest donor to this statewide initiative—by far—is Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen. Because it turns out Paul Allen likes endangered animals. Like, a lot. And so he’s put up nearly $3 million to make sure we’re all voting this year on a measure that would crack down on people in Washington who traffic in the dead body parts of elephants, rhinoceroses, tigers, lions, leopards, cheetahs, marine turtles, sharks, rays, and pangolins. (PANGOLINS! GOOGLE THEM! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!) To which we say: Okaaaaaaaay, Paul. We like pangolins, too. (Seriously, google them. They are adorable, and the SECB will taxidermy the head of anyone who tries to sell us the dead body parts of one.) However…

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