Livermore rodeo acts voluntarily; Boone County flouts Illinois law, own ordinances, and even Mexican Federation of Charreria rules LIVERMORE, California; BELVIDERE, Illinois––Probably the most remarkable aspect of the Livermore Rodeo board of directors’ recent decision to drop so-called “wild cow milking” from the June 2023 edition of one of California’s oldest and largest rodeos is […]
Los Angeles rodeo clowns hide behind girls riding sidesaddle
And behind anyone else who ever once rode a horse or trained a dog LOS ANGELES––Why are macho cowpokes and bull-riders, many with Confederate flags on their pickup trucks, abruptly playing up what they term in campaign literature “the rich cultural history of California rodeo”? To translate, rodeo promoters and participants are suddenly hiding behind […]
“Cultural” defenses for charreada & cockfighting crumble
Two charreada promoters busted in Boone County, Illinois; Burmese cockfighting ring busted in Wells County, Indiana; Los Angeles close to banning bucking straps & prods GENEVA, Illinois––Suspecting persons involved in an October 23, 2022 charreada rodeo had been charged with cruelty, but previously unable to obtain the details, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness on November […]
Boone County “Mexican rodeo” bucks Mexican rodeo rules
If Boone County mayhem is “Mexican culture,” why doesn’t it follow the Mexican rulebook? BELVIDERE, Illinois––Two months of pretense by public officials in Boone County, Illinois, that violent abuse of steers and horses at local charreada or Mexican-style participant rodeos can be defended as part of Mexican-American culture appeared to disintegrate on November 3, 2022 […]
Horse defenders ask, “Where are the Cheshire cats of equine advocacy?”
Barn-sour big groups leave the hard work to Lone Rangers Fighting the horse’s rear ends promoting the horse racing industry, rodeo, and “Big Lick” horse exhibition, Political Animals founder Sherry DeBoer, Action for Animals founder Eric Mills, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness founder Steve Hindi, and Citizens Campaign Against “Big Lick” Animal Cruelty founder Clant […]
Exposed in California & Illinois: the most perverse events in rodeo
“Wild cow milking” goes down for the count in one of last major venues, but fight to ban steer-tailing has barely begun OAKLAND, California––A proposed ban on wild cow milking, the only rodeo event known to have been invented by an alleged philandering pederast, is only a second reading from final approval by the Alameda […]
Did the Omak Suicide Race start with a horse massacre & the KKK?
Uncovering the nasty origins of an ugly event OMAK, Washington––The 88th edition of the bizarre and often deadly “World Famous Suicide Race” held annually in Omak, Washington, is to conclude on August 14, 2022, as the final event of the annual Omak Stampede Rodeo. Bizarre as is the race itself, down an extremely steep […]
“Here they came to snuff the rooster” in Cantrell country, but SHARK saved him
Showing Animals Respect & Kindness stops yet another big cockfight STRINGTOWN, Oklahoma––”Here they came to snuff the rooster,” to paraphrase the best known song by “Alice In Chains” guitarist Jerry Cantrell, the most famous of the 410 residents of Stringtown, Oklahoma. Yet more than 60 carloads of cockfighting enthusiasts barely saw any roosters snuffed on […]
Rodeo “wild cow milking”: living legacy of rich alleged child molester
One-time rodeo promoter Dr. Dan C. Trigg was not a man anyone wanted for a neighbor CASTRO VALLEY, California; TUCUMCARI, New Mexico––The Rowell Ranch Rodeo in Castro Valley, California, scheduled for May 20-22 , 2022, is “likely planning again to feature the brutal, sometimes fatal, and blatantly sexist ‘wild cow milking contest,’” Action for […]
How to take down rodeo like a bull flipping a cowboy in 8 seconds or less
The rodeo fall could be short, with a hard landing in mud & manure by Steve Hindi Rodeos are held across North America, but have such a narrow fan base that the concerts accompanying the major U.S. rodeos routinely outdraw the actual rodeo events, often by a factor of ten-to-one or more. World Wrestling Federation […]