Torneo de Lazo: Live horses eviscerated in Mexico for fun

The news of abused horses has recently become overwhelming. Rarely a week goes by without hearing about a new cruelty scandal where horses are the victims. But the worst kind of violence against horses happens in broad daylight and in public. Children are witnessing the killing of animals for fun. The latest blood feast comes…

Tradition is a stale myth and an unacceptable excuse for rodeo abuse

UPDATED July 6, 2016 by VIVIAN GRANT Heritage and tradition are often the first lines of defense when it comes to excusing the cruelties and abuses animals are subjected to in sport and entertainment. Rodeos are no exception. In an excellent article for the Calgary Herald entitled "Stampede rodeos a stale myth", Peter Fricker, Communications…

Group slams use of shock devices on CNFR horses

© Associated Press Release CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — An animal-rights group has posted a video showing horses being shocked with electric prods at the College National Finals Rodeo. The event's stock contractor says the prods were used within rodeo rules. Illinois-based Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) says it filmed the video Thursday during bareback-riding…

Auctioned Wild Springs Mustangs may face bitter end

Cross-posted from the Equine Advocacy Examiner Written by MAUREEN HARMONAY Wild horses at upcoming Wild Springs Indian Reservation auction could face a gruesome future For the last eight years, the tribal residents of the sprawling Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Wasco County, Oregon, have rounded up countless wild horses who roamed their extensive million-square-mile territory,…