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Subject: DawnWatch: Calf roping and other rodeo abuse--on front page, and in most major


Karen Dawn 
www.DawnWatch.com


DawnWatch: Calf roping and other rodeo abuse -- on front page, and in most major papers, in Canada 


The rodeo, taking place at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede in Canada, is 
covered on the front page of the Thursday, July 10, Calgary Herald, with two 
animal friendly stories. 

Wendy-Anne Thompson's article, "Animal-rights protesters try to drum up 
support," opens by telling us that the Calgary Animal Rights 
Coalition are asking people to boycott the rodeo. She quotes  Michael 
Alvarez-Toye, coalition spokesman: 

"There's nothing wrong with having a party. But there's something dreadfully 
wrong when you're exploiting life for the easily amused." 

We learn: 
"Last year, seven animals died during Stampede. One died of a heart attack 
the first night. Five other horses also died -- two chuckwagon horses had to 
be euthanized, one after suffering a broken shoulder, the other a broken 
ankle. A calf from the roping event was also killed after breaking its leg. 
Roughly four animals die during Stampede every year. The only year there 
were no animal deaths was 1998. The worst year for animal deaths was 1986, 
when 11 animals died." 

You'll find the whole story on line at: 
http://www.canada.com/calgary/specials/stampede2003/story.html?id=0EE73351-F 
1E7-4FD1-AF37-0469298DB561 

This Tiny URL might work better for you: 
http://tinyurl.com/glt1 

The other rodeo related front page story, by Daryl Slade, is headed, "New 
name, same old calf roping: Stampede event now called tie-down roping." 

I took particular notice of it, not just because it was on the front page, 
but also because at the recent animal rights conference in Washington DC I 
had a booth near Steve Hindi's.  He displayed many calf-roping videos. The 
images of baby animals fleeing from men on horseback, being jerked in the 
air, slammed onto their backs, and having their legs tied up, as an arena of 
people watched, oblivious to the animals'  panic and pain have haunted me 
since. 

As the title of the article says, the name has changed, the 'sport' has not. 

You'll find the article on line at: 

http://www.canada.com/calgary/specials/stampede2003/story.html?id=D485F045-F 
6D7-42F4-9DA8-84DDD0719F53 

This tiny URL may work better: 
http://tinyurl.com/glr6 

Slade's article also appeared, with different titles, in: 

The Edmonton Journal -- "Say goodbye to 'calf roping'" -- July 10, pg B4 
The Edmonton Journal takes letters at: letters at thejournal.southam.ca 

The Montreal Gazette -- A calf by any other name -- July 10, pg A13 
The Gazette takes letters at: letters at thegazette.southam.ca 

and Saskatoon's Star Phoenix -- Name games: Rodeo event goes for a kinder, 
gentler image -- July 10, pg B1 
The Star Phoenix takes letters at: letters at thesp.com 

The Calgary Stampede event, currently making news all over Canada, gives 
Canadians, and those from outside Canada, particularly those associated with 
Humane Organizations, an opportunity to send letters to the editor regarding 
our treatment of other species. 

The Calgary Herald, which ran the two stories mentioned above on its front 
page, takes letters at: 
letters at theherald.southam.ca 
Link: mailto:letters at theherald.southam.ca 

Email addresses for the other papers that ran the calf roping story are also 
given above, with the article listings. 

Steve Hindi's website, for his organization SHARK (Showing Animals Respect 
and Kindness) is an excellent source of information on rodeos: 
http://www.SharkOnline.org 

Yours and the animals', 
Karen Dawn 
www.DawnWatch.com 

(DawnWatch is an animal advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in 
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