Cultural defenses of steer-tailing and bullfighting ignore both U.S. anti-cruelty laws and 456 years of Catholic prohibition BELVIDERE, Illinois; LOS ANGELES, California––Responded Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi to the December 6, 2023 report Los Angeles council vote against rodeo opens new fight against charreada, which also mentioned that a Boone County, […]
Los Angeles council vote against rodeo opens new fight against charreada
Will the Los Angeles ordinance really stop steer-tailing & other rodeo mayhem? LOS ANGELES, California; BELVIDERE, Illinois––The Los Angeles City Council on December 5, 2023 voted 14-0 to ban rodeos within the city, nominally resolving a multi-year debate but actually referring the most heated issues to a three-member panel for further debate. (See Los Angeles […]
Will County, Illinois charges another charro with charreada cruelty
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drone video again provides evidence JOLIET, Illinois––The ongoing Showing Animals Respect & Kindness campaign to document animal abuse at unsanctioned charreada “Mexican style” rodeos in the greater Chicago area on November 8, 2023 brought criminal charges against a charreada participant for the seventh time in two years. “The Will County […]
Charreada steer-tailing & horse-tripping defense flunks history, art, & logic
Purported “historical” defense of steer-tailing & horse-tripping misrepresents sources For about as long as it took Mexican American Classic Charrería Organization founder and president Edward F. Ramirez to send ANIMALS 24-7 an email back on October 3, 2023, Ramirez appeared to make common cause with Showing Animals Respect & Kindness in denouncing charreada animal abuse. […]
Charreada horse beater Christofer Dorado charged in Joliet, Illinois
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness video shows what Dorado did. Court to decide if beatings were crimes. JOLIET, Illinois––The People of the State of Illinois, represented by the 12th Judicial Circuit Court in Joliet, county seat for Will County, on October 3, 2023 brought two misdemeanor cruelty charges against horse-beater Christofer Dorado, of Batavia, Illinois. […]
Charreada steer-tailing loses first court test in Will County, Illinois
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drone video persuades Illinois state’s attorneys & county court judge JOLIET, Illinois––A terse handwritten note from Will County, Illinois county court judge John Anderson on September 8, 2023 handed Showing Animals Respect & Kindness a first big win––at least on paper––in a year-long campaign against charreada cruelty in the […]
Should ex-New Mexico governor Bill Richardson go to heaven or hell?
“Heaven!” says Wayne Pacelle. “Hell!” says Steve Hindi. CHATHAM, Massachusetts––Bill Richardson, 75, New Mexico governor from 2003 to 2011, involved in politics and international diplomacy from his 1971 graduation from Tufts University until shortly before his death, died on September 1, 2023 at his summer home on Cape Cod. Animal Wellness Action president Wayne Pacelle […]
HFA & SHARK lawsuit hits Boone County, Illinois, for permitting steer-tailing
Case has potential to stop charreada throughout Illinois BELVIDERE, Illinois––Charreada promoters suddenly have something more to worry about during the second half of the Illinois charreada season than just Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drones monitoring steer-tailing, electroshocking, horse-flogging, and horse-tripping. An August 24, 2023 lawsuit brought against Boone County, Illinois, by the Humane […]
Drone wars over Joliet: charreada rodeo bad actors identified
Meet Cris Dorado Aguirre, “El Lodo,” and Angel Ramirez, “El Barro.” (Both nicknames translate to “mud.”) JOLIET, Illinois––Who was the more brazen at recent charreada “Mexican style” rodeos held in Will County, Illinois: • Horse-beater Cris Dorado Aguirre, caught repeatedly in the act on video by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] drones on July […]
Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?
Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event OMAK, Washington––The 89th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak, Washington, is to conclude on August 13, 2023, as the final event of the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo. Checking to see how many horses died at Omak this […]