Showing Animals Respect and Kindness Youtube videos
Take a look at people's comments on these videos, and maybe you'll get an idea of how many people look down on this kind of animal abuse.
Rodeo = Cruelty and Animal Terrorism
Cruelty is the Opposite of Macho
rodeos abuse, maim, and kill animals
Red Bluff Rodeo Caught Shocking Horses, Kills One Horse
People who enjoy this are sadistic psychopaths. Yes, YOU.
Take a look at this guy:
Here's an article from Australia, because animals suffer the same south of the equator.
A rodeo is a form of entertainment or sport where horses and cattle are used to demonstrate riding and handling skills. Events include bronco riding, bull riding, calf roping, team roping and steer wrestling. The RSPCA is opposed to rodeos and rodeo schools because of the potential for significant injury, suffering or distress to the animals involved. Based on observed behaviour, there is very little evidence that the animals ‘enjoy’ the rodeo experience. Rodeos are held in all states and territories in Australia except for the Australian Capital Territory where they are prohibited.
Rodeo horses and bulls buck repeatedly as an instinctive reaction to being repeatedly kicked with metal spurs and to the tightened flank strap around their sensitive underbelly. Horses and cattle are prey animals and their reaction to being ridden in this way is the same as their reaction to being attacked by a predator, a situation where they experience increased fear, stress and panic. It is not uncommon to see horses and bulls hurl themselves at solid objects in order to rid themselves of the rider. Only when the rider has been thrown or dismounts and the flank straps loosened do they quieten down. Also, some ridden animals are so distressed that they then charge the rider on the ground, further demonstrating this very strong fear response. A study of bull behaviour at rodeos determined that nearly one third of animals assessed showed signs of distress leading up to the start of bull-riding events and that those who did not react may have either become habituated to the aversive situation or have given up and endure the negative experience [1].
https://kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-base/what-are-the-animal-welfare-issues-with-rodeos/
Further: The article goes on to discuss calf roping, steer wrestling and team roping, with several gruesome photos. To cap it off,
All rodeo events will cause stress, fear and pain as well as injure animals for the sake of sport and entertainment. Subjecting cattle and horses to these experiences is not justified. You can help stop rodeos by raising awareness of the risks to animals inherent in rodeos, especially if a rodeo is held in your local community. You can also meet with your local member of parliament and write to the Minister responsible for animal welfare in your state/territory to urge rodeos to cease.
That's it, contact your local and state politicians. Give them some bad press for not doing something, because they sure won't be moved by anything else. Circuses are gradually cutting out animals, let's shut down the rodeos too.
Troglodytes.
Some people are such troglodytes that they find it amusing to use animals for their own pleasure - even when that results in suffering and death for the animal. How low can they be? Very low. And that is what I find here in Northern California - more specifically Shasta County and Tehama County, which is where the Red Bluff rodeo is held.
So I'm going to post some links to animal rights pages, who can say it much better than me.
"Rodeo Facts
The Case Against Rodeos
Rodeos may be popular, but more and more Americans are becoming aware of just how cruel these events are for the animals forced to participate. The horses, bulls, steer, and calves suffer broken ribs, backs, and legs, torn tails, punctured lungs, internal organ damage, ripped tendons, torn ligaments, snapped necks, and agonizing deaths.
The injuries are not confined to the rodeos themselves. For instance, during practice sessions, a calf may be roped repeatedly, until the calf suffers injuries that require her replacement."
https://aldf.org/article/rodeo-facts-the-case-against-rodeos/
I'm glad they sued the California Rodeo Salinas for animal abuse. When the lizard brains do their thing, lawsuits may be the only thing that gets through to them. Yep, especially in Northern California.
