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lacyjae

101 Things: Protestation

Mar 05, 2011 08:01

Originally published at Tongue Tied 'n Twisted. You can comment here or there.

101 Things #98: Go on a demonstration.I have always loved animals. When I was little, I wanted to be a vet. I got a whole collection of vet books at a yard sale and, while I didn’t understand most of it, I read bits and pieces. I remember getting animal rights related ( Read more... )

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starmind March 5 2011, 20:24:55 UTC

Ok, this was a hard entry to read for me. See, my family has been around rodeo and rodeo animals for 3 generations now. My grandmother and her sister did a ton of work to advance both rodeo and women in rodeo in Alberta. Most of the 'old hands' around the province would recognize her name. She hosted and put on rodeo's over the years that I've worked at as well ( ... )

lacyjae March 5 2011, 20:35:36 UTC

Like I said in my original post, it's not all the practices I have issue with. I think when things are generally safe, it's one thing. Knowingly putting animals at risk, such as with the chucks that year, is cruel.

Rodeo can be great. A lot of things, especially with horses, can be great. Endurance, jumping, all that. When safe for the animals, or as safe as we can possibly make it. I am sure your grandmother and your family worked to keep the animals safe in the work they did, but the Stampede's rodeo certainly does NOT strike me as having that as it's top priority, with the number of deaths each year.

Entertainment only goes so far for some of us. Animals dying =/= entertainment. Period.