by VHS on May 31, 2012
Bucking horses are a major part of rodeo ‘entertainment’
An article in an Alberta magazine has revealed that the Calgary Stampede sends young, healthy horses to slaughter if they can’t make the grade as bucking horses for the Stampede rodeo. (CTV News is running a report on the revelations.)
The current issue of Alberta Views carries a story by journalist Curtis Gillespie about animal care at the Stampede. In it, Gillespie asks staff at the Calgary Stampede ranch (which breeds and raises bucking horses for the rodeo) about the fate of bucking horses not good enough to perform at the Stampede. Here is a passage from the article:
This is not horsemanship, this is cruel exploitation , Shameful !!