Neither Stampede’s signature event resembles any authentic Old West or Native American tradition OMAK, Washington; CALGARY, Alberta––The 2026 “stampede” subset of the rodeo season, consisting most notoriously of the annual Calgary Stampede and Omak Stampede, ended on August 16, 2026 with the fourth and last running of the year of the Omak “Suicide Race.” Riders […]
Jaripeo Baile rodeo participants don’t know a downed bull from a piñata
The mayhem at the rented home of the California Rodeo Salinas was not bull-riding, steer-tailing, or even bullfighting as done by the rules SALINAS, California––If the Jaripeo Baile held on August 1, 2026 at the Salinas Sports Complex in Salinas, California had been an authentic exhibition of Mexican culture, the participants who kicked and […]
Steer-tailing yanked down by the tail in Ogle County, Illinois; SHARK wins
Venue owners surrender conditional use permit rather than face Showing Animals Respect & Kindness and the Humane Farming Association application for emergency injunction ROCHELLE, Illinois––Steer-tailers in the habit of converging on Rancho La Esperanza will have to jerk something else, somewhere else, after the property owners on July 10, 2026 relinquished the Ogle County conditional […]
L.A. city council likely to buck rodeo ban; Ogle County stalls on steer-tailing
Commercialized cruelty hides behind “culture” & pols follow the money LOS ANGELES, California; ROCHELLE, Illinois––A Los Angeles City Council bill to ban rodeo, pending since December 2023 and set to expire on July 18, 2026, appears likely to be bucked off the council agenda by opposition from Arts, Parks, Libraries & Community Enrichment Committee chair […]
Ogle County last in Illinois to move rears re steer-tailing, alleges SHARK
Four other counties “have taken significant steps” to reduce steer-tailing cruelty, says Steve Hindi ROCHELLE, Illinois––Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] on May 18, 2026 heralded the arrival of rodeo season with a rare announcement of good news on the steer-tailing front. “As we enter our fifth year of exposing the illegal animal abuse at […]
San Diego Rodeo witnesses “not credible,” finds judge, but rules for the rodeo
Plaintiffs see “victory” in judicial criticisms of responses to deaths of horses Waco Kid and Pearl Necklace SAN DIEGO, California; PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania; WASHINGTON D.C.––San Diego County Superior Court judge Joel R. Wohlfeil apparently will not be issuing an injunction to stop future editions of the San Diego Padres Rodeo at PetCo Park, according to his […]
Lawsuit hopes to jerk down the San Diego Padres Rodeo at PetCo Park
Cruelty to animals, case contends, is an “unfair business practice.” SAN DIEGO, California––The third annual San Diego Padres Rodeo at PetCo Park, slated to run from Friday, January 16, 2026 to Sunday, January 18, 2026, will first have to clear a potential legal barrier finally due for trial on Monday, January 12, 2026. At issue […]
Five charros charged in Illinois with steer-tailing cruelty
Details not released about misdemeanor complaints WOODSTOCK, Illinois––Charge sheets obtained from McHenry County, Illinois by Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK] indicate that five steer-tailing charros––Abran Urquizo, Freddy Silva, Alfredo Gallegos, Alfred Magallanes, and Socorro Barrientos––are facing misdemeanor cruelty to animals charges for their actions during a steer-tailing competition on August 16, 2025. The charge […]
“High-tech drones waging aerial dogfights” come to U.K. hunt sabotage
“Nearly all of the country’s 60 hunt saboteur groups now own at least one drone” LONDON, U.K.––“The battle between hunters and hunt saboteurs is being waged with high-tech drones in aerial dogfights,” headlined Steve Bird and Jack Leather of The Telegraph on September 21, 2025. “The Telegraph has established that nearly all of the country’s […]
Colombian top court upholds bans on bullfights, cockfights & steer-tailing
Judges extend premise of 2024 bullfighting ban to all forms of making animals fight for human entertainment BOGOTA, Colombia––Bullfighting, cockfighting, steer-tailing, and related activities are now illegal in Colombia. The Plenary Chamber of the Constitutional Court of Colombia on September 4, 2025 upheld a bullfighting ban, Law 2385, signed into law in July 2024 by […]