{"id":756190,"date":"2019-02-13T09:18:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T14:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756190"},"modified":"2019-02-13T09:18:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T14:18:31","slug":"rodeo-ultimate-sport-or-family-fun-no-blatant-animal-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=756190","title":{"rendered":"Rodeo: Ultimate sport or family fun? No, blatant animal abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>Have you ever seen a farmer lasso a calf and smack it to the ground? If a farmer were to do things to his farm animals that are done in rodeo there is a good likelihood that farmer would be prosecuted for animal cruelty. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PAT DEAVOLL:<\/strong><em> &#8216;The number of organisations lobbying for New Zealand to join a burgeoning quota of countries to ban rodeos is growing. Save Animals From Exploitation (Safe) campaigns director Hans Kriek says his organisation is &#8220;strongly opposed to rodeo mainly because we believe its cruel to animals and imposes unnecessary stress and at times causes pain and death&#8221;. &#8220;We do not believe in this for the sake of entertainment.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Safe also believes rodeo is against the Animal Welfare Act which states that &#8220;animals must be handled in a manner that minimises the likelihood of unnecessary pain and distress&#8221;. &#8220;When you chase a little calf around, flick it in the air and dump it on the ground, this causes distress \u2013 even the rodeo people will acknowledge this. &#8220;The act says we can&#8217;t do this and yet we allow it to happen. We have a law that says one thing, but it&#8217;s not enforced.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;If a farmer were to do things to his farm animals that are done in rodeo there is a good likelihood that farmer would be prosecuted for animal cruelty. Have you ever seen a farmer lasso a calf and smack it to the ground? &#8220;Any farmer knows that if you treat an animal with respect and don&#8217;t cause it any distress the animal will be calm. But a calm animal is not performing. So the animal must be put under a certain level of stress to perform for the people watching,&#8221; Kriek says&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>A spokesman for Direct Animal Action, Apollo Taito says the long term goal of his organisation is &#8220;the total ban on rodeos across New Zealand&#8221;. &#8220;We want the new Labour Government to meet the pre-election promises around banning the worst practices in rodeos,&#8221; he says. These include electric prodders, flanking (putting a strap around the animal&#8217;s waist to make it buck) tail twisting and the use of calves in the rope and tie discipline&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stuff.co.nz\/business\/farming\/109979346\/rodeo-ultimate-sport-family-fun-or-blatant-animal-abuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vvP9V5cmtOU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAT DEAVOLL: &#8216;The number of organisations lobbying for New Zealand to join a burgeoning quota of countries to ban rodeos is growing. 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