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BTW, at the end of the first clip, where it shows the horses going down in the mud, you can see that you're right about the bucking strap. It is in front of the horse's penis sheath, and looks fairly loose. However, I, too, have heard of barbed wire being used under a flank strap, and one of the videos shows the cowboys scoring a horse's back with their spurs, so that the pain will make it buck when the saddle is put back on.

Here's what a veterinarian who used to take part in rodeo has to say about it:

In order for a calf roper to become proficient he must spend a great deal of time practicing. Baby calves sold to the practice pens are roped over and over until they are injured or killed. Dr. T. K. Hardy, a veterinarian who was also a calf roper, was quoted in Newsweek stating that calf roping is an expensive sport. He stated that 2 or 3 calves are injured in each practice session and have to be replaced.

As a pathologist and former meat inspector, I believe my colleagues when they report horrendous injuries to rodeo cattle. Dr. C. G. Haber, a veterinarian with thirty years experience as a USDA meat inspector says: "The rodeo folks send their animals to the packing houses where...I have seen cattle so extensively bruised that the only areas in which the skin was attached was the head, neck, legs, and belly. I have seen animals with six to eight ribs broken from the spine and at times puncturing the lungs. I have seen as much as two and three gallons of free blood accumulated under the detached skin."

A career USDA meat inspection veterinarian, Dr. Robert Fetzner, Director of Slaughter Operations for FSIS (USDA) stated in our phone conversation on September 9, 1998, "Lots of rodeo animals went to slaughter. I found broken ribs, punctured lungs, hematomas, broken legs, severed tracheas and the ligamenta nuchae were torn loose." Torn ligamenta nuchae are broken necks.

Link: http://www.sharkonline.org/abuseinherent.mv

Ugh, how horrible, Sunsilver.

A subject I know a lot about and know to be true...as Steve Leigh prints it..

Not only is the whole animal world hurt and abused by this,,,the men , boys and women who do this sport are often , hurt and injured for life..

My first bull riding experience netted me broken nose, broken left wrist and broken right wrist , three broken ribs and multiple bruises...

I train horses and never again got into the rodeo ring...

Wow this is a subject that could be easily heated in both directions...

Rodeo Stock is well cared for,  meaning they feed those animals well,  they are vaccinated,  they are dewormed,  and while they are in use they are very well cared for.  Some rodeo stock animals sell for upwards of 60,000.00 yes that is sixty thousand dollars....

The flip side is when one becomes of no use,  it is either sent to slaughter or simply put down... Unless that animal has the capacity for breeding and is not injured to make it impossible to be used for breeding stock.    Where again the animal is well cared for in a breeder herd.

I have seen horrific sites at rodeo's as well,  I have seen a horse shatter it's shoulder when it collided with another,  I saw a horse break his back while bucking...  I have seen countless calves killed,  and several streers injured and a couple killed from Team roping and steer wrestling...

There is to some of us an "ugly" side of rodeo,  and then there is to some of us a "kinder" side of rodeo,  The fact that the majority of rodeo stock USED to come from animals considered untrainable... Horses that would continue to buck even though they had been in training... Those horses USED to be sentenced to slaughter but Rodeo gave them a second chance,  Now days nearly all bucking stock comes from "Bucking stock breeding programs"  at VERY high prices...

The rodeo contractors don't pay these prices so that they can ILL care for the animals they need them to be healthy in order to perform so they can get paid.... That being said I don't think any stock contractor ever wants to see their stock injured,  BUT it does happen....

Roping horses, or doggin horses are probably some of the most well cared for yet abused animals there are,  they will travel at times 600 miles without a stop for rest in order to attend the next rodeo, pulled from a trailer saddled, warmed up, used to perform then put back into a trailer to go to the next stop.... Yet they are VERY well fed, they are fit,  they are vaccinated, dewormed, groomed daily, shod regularly,  and almost always have shelter... So it's a real catch .22 on this subject...  I love animals,  I have mixed feelings about rodeo,  because I do know how well cared for these animals really are,  Yes it is a tragedy when one is injured but I assure you the stock contractor is more hurt by the animals injury than you and I are... They have just LOST money,  and an animal in their string....These animals are NOT intentionally being injured by rodeo participants,  I guess that is the thing to keep in mind... It is alot better than "Bullfighting" where the point is to injur, injur, injur some more and slowly and painfully kill the bull......

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      Hi some people say these animals are bred for the sport can anyone prove it. Just curious

urry,  Bred for the sport ??   YES there is alot of proof that SOME of these animals are bred for the sport,  do you ever watch TV where they do the specials on "Bred to Buck"  type of informative shows.... Also CMT hosts Breeder Spotlights now and then showcasing a breeding program of animals who are designer bred for the sport of Rodeo...  These animals can vary in cost from a few thousand to several thousand to a hundred thousand or more....  YES there is proof out there,  Just google search Rodeo Bucking Stock,  and follow some links to breeder sites...  I have never done that but I'm sure you can find your own way.  Good Luck.

I'm sorry but, I don't see anything at all "entertaining" in the way these animals were treated.

The video doesn't lie.

And, I've been one that loves a good rodeo. 

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