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Retired chuckwagon driver concerned sport won't survive if rodeos cancelled Natalie Valleau, reporting for CBC News, writes on Mar 25, 2020: The rodeo world is worried about the future of the Calgary Stampede this summer and many are wondering how the pandemic will impact their sport. Last week, the Calgary Stampede temporarily laid off 80 per… Continue reading No Stampede this year could force some cowboys to leave rodeo sports
by DANNY ROSS at Their Turn (theirturn.net) Animal rights activists in New York have staged four protests at the Manhattan home of Madison Square Garden president Andrew Lustgarten, demanding that he cancel a rodeo scheduled for June 2020. The ongoing protests are being organized by Animal Cruelty Exposure Fund (ACEF) and NYCLASS, animal rights organizations… Continue reading Anti-rodeo activists protest at home of Madison Square Garden President Andrew Lustgarten
HAYWARD, Calif. (Dec 12, 2019) — The Mercury News reported: Video footage apparently showing cowboys breaking the law by using electric prods twice on horses during last May’s Rowell Ranch Rodeo has prompted Hayward area park district officials to fine the company behind the event. Paul McCreary, the district’s general manager, said in a Dec.… Continue reading Horses abused with electric prods at 2019 Rowell Ranch Rodeo
It has been called "The Deadliest Horse Race in the World". Each year in mid summer, a small town in Eastern Washington State, called Omak, proudly promotes an event named "The World Famous Suicide Race," considered the marquee event at the four-day Omak Stampede rodeo. Omak straddles the border of the Colville Reservation, home of… Continue reading Omak Suicide Race — Murder on Horses
Three horses were killed at Sunday night's chuckwagon races as the 10-day Stampede wrapped. The 2019 Calgary Stampede is now tied for second place as the deadliest year for chuckwagon horses in more than three decades. In total six chuckwagon horses were killed — four of them from the same driver's team. The papers say… Continue reading Three more chuckwagon horses killed totalling 6
by VIVIAN FARRELL I don't think anyone can argue with the fact that Canada's Calgary Stampede chuckwagon race is deadly to horses. Can chuckwagon racing be made safer? I don't think so. As with any type of competition where speed is central to winning, speed kills. Here you are asking half a ton of animal… Continue reading Kill chuckwagon racing
Last updated 12 July 2019 DEATH TOLL Here are some numbers and other information gathered from the Calgary Humane Society, Vancouver Humane Society and/or the local media regarding the horses killed in Calgary Stampede events since 1986. Peter Fricker, spokesman for the Vancouver Humane Society, said 61 horses have died from chuckwagon race-related injuries since… Continue reading Death by Numbers: Horses Killed at the Calgary Stampede — The Stats
DEADLY ATTITUDE The chuckwagon races have been a part of the Calgary Stampede since 1923. While horses are killed in varying events almost every year at the Calgary Stampede, chuckwagon races seems to claim the most lives. The World Professional Chuckwagon Association calls the Calgary Stampede Chuckwagon Race "a half-mile of hell" for good reason.… Continue reading Death by Numbers: Horses Killed at the Calgary Stampede — The Attitude
Cross-posted from the Globe and Mail by CAMILLE LABCHUK Camille Labchuk is an animal-rights lawyer and executive director of Animal Justice Canada THERE'S little doubt that using animals for entertainment is rapidly becoming unacceptable. Shifting public perceptions first forced Ringling Brothers to retire elephants from circuses, and soon after compelled SeaWorld to end its orca… Continue reading Calgary Stampede: Torturing cows and horses is wrong, outdated and illegal
Video Released Proving Horse was Electro-shocked 25 Seconds Before He Began to Die SHARK PRESS RELEASE New Jersey – Award-winning animal behavior expert and author, Marc Bekoff called for a ban on using horses in rodeos for “entertainment” on July 8, 2013 in an article posted in Psychology Today. Bekoff called for the ban after… Continue reading Leading animal behaviorist calls for ban on rodeos after tragic horse death at New Jersey rodeo
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