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| Calgary Stampede! | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 19 2016, 03:08 AM (244 Views) | |
| swing | Jul 19 2016, 03:08 AM Post #1 |
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Calgary has had miserable, rainy, weather during most of the stampede this year. Watching the bull riding, roping of steers and chuck wagon races, on T.V. news last night, with everyone covered in mud, I'm thinking this is entertainment! I become more disgusted with the whipping and treatment of animals each year. Rodeos have gone on for years, I'm 70 and remember accompanying my dad to rodeos as a kid, however could it be time for these cowboys to find another way to make a living? Your thoughts? |
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| Darcie | Jul 19 2016, 03:18 AM Post #2 |
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OMG someone else who thinks the same as I do. It is disgusting that people, and governing officials, both municipals, provincial and that our PM goes there. They are tacit in approving the abuse of animals for entertainment. How sick is this. It has even created problems in my Alberta family especially for the few that go there. Is there no one in Alberta who has any sense to stop this? |
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| Dialtone | Jul 19 2016, 04:11 AM Post #3 |
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The Stampede is a great draw for Calgary, brings in millions to the local economy, and they have tightened up the rules so no animals are intentionally hurt. The horses owned by the Chuckwagon drivers are treated like royalty, have their own masseuses, get top food and exercise even when not racing. As a side note, not a horse was hurt this year and the chuckwagon horses are all old race horses that would have been slaughtered and sold to the French for supper if they weren't racing. Even Jann Arden an animal rights activist was one of the parade marshals this year, the Stampede is a western tradition and will continue. |
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| swing | Jul 19 2016, 04:39 AM Post #4 |
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What about the cowboys roping and tying the steers by the legs? This just seems cruel not a form of entertainment in my mind.
Edited by swing, Jul 19 2016, 04:40 AM.
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| Dialtone | Jul 19 2016, 04:56 AM Post #5 |
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There's no guarantee about anything in life, but IMO more animals are hurt drinking in the bars, driving home drunk, and catching STDs than are hurt participating in the rodeo. There are concerns over the welfare of the calves used in professional rodeo, and the industry itself polices events closely, penalizing competitors who "jerk down" a calf with the rope or flip it over backwards. Dr. Eddie Taylor stated that in 16 years as an attending veterinarian at PRCA rodeos in Arizona, "I personally have not seen a serious neck injury to a tie-down roping calf." Statistically, the rate of injury to the animals is relatively low. In 1994, a survey of 28 sanctioned rodeos was conducted by on-site independent veterinarians. Reviewing 33,991 animal runs, the injury rate was documented at .047%, or less than five-hundredths of one percent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calf_roping |
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| margrace | Jul 19 2016, 06:56 AM Post #6 |
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My granddaughter and her partner have a better way there, they show their prize horses and have won quite a few ribbons with them. No abuse there. In Europe horse shows they race teams to a clock. They go around a site such as the jumpers do and there is a driver and two people riding on the back to help give some help to the team in the turns. This is a much better way |
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| Darcie | Jul 19 2016, 06:57 AM Post #7 |
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And then there are the Chuckwagon Races, even some for the kids. |
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| Dialtone | Jul 19 2016, 07:29 AM Post #8 |
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There are mini-chuckwagons, but they aren't for kids. We've attended the mini-chucks every year, and these small horses don't know they are small. They race and pull just like the big ones, lots of fun for everyone and the horses are great to visit, just like big dogs to pat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDtST5FQtY0 |
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| Kahu | Jul 19 2016, 10:45 AM Post #9 |
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Rodeos have always been part of the NZ back country but today animal rights activists have garnered enough support to petition the government to ban them. Calls for rodeo to be banned in New Zealand hasn't changed Government's mind The Government has dashed any hopes of animal advocates' calls for rodeo to be banned in New Zealand. The SPCA and SAFE told MPs on Thursday that it was time New Zealand "got in line with the rest of the world" and put a stop to animal cruelty at rodeos. A petition signed by 63,000 Kiwis was presented to Parliament in March, which animal rights advocates said was reflective of society wanting to see an end to rodeos. Source Link |
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| campy | Jul 19 2016, 10:57 AM Post #10 |
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I often think of the poor race horses as well. I often wonder what happens to them and then I'm afraid to ask. They are such docile obedient creatures and do exactly as they are told. God bless them. |
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| Darcie | Jul 19 2016, 11:44 AM Post #11 |
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Guess animals don't vote, I know in times past that laws disfavoured women, they didn't vote either. This feeling of entitlement we humans have to abuse other forms of animals oooh 02 |
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| Durgan | Jul 19 2016, 01:38 PM Post #12 |
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Husbandry has a fair amount of cruelty attached to the practice. We need not make a spectacle of it. The Romans use to use people until it was finally banned. Fox chasing is gone in the UK. Bull fighting is next. The Stampede is an abomination. |
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| heatseeker | Jul 19 2016, 10:58 PM Post #13 |
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There are so many good things to enjoy about Calgary that the Stampede is not worth bothering about. |
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| Durgan | Jul 20 2016, 01:00 AM Post #14 |
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The drive to Banff and the specular view of the mountains for the first time particularly I you came from the prairie and never saw mountains. |
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| goldengal | Jul 20 2016, 01:22 AM Post #15 |
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I would not be surprised if many retired race horses do not live out their lives in this gorgeous sanctuary. http://www.dogtales.ca/our-beautiful-horses/ Take care, Pat |
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