Nebraska takes aim at Colorado’s meat-free day by declaring pro-meat day

Pete Ricketts declares Meat on the Menu Day' to support his state's beef industry and push back against animal rights activists

Nebraska's governor Pete Ricketts railed Monday against a proclamation by the governor of neighboring Colorado that encourages people to avoid meat for one day a week, calling it a direct attack on our way of life" and signing a pro-meat declaration of his own.

Ricketts surrounded himself with top officials from Nebraska's meat, agricultural and restaurant industries as he declared Saturday Meat on the Menu Day" in Nebraska.