Globe and Mail agrees to run ad against calf-roping
Vancouver Humane Society says anti-rodeo campaign is growing
July 7, 2009
The Vancouver Humane Society (VHS) has welcomed a decision by the Globe and Mail newspaper to run an ad calling for a ban on calf-roping at the Calgary Stampede. The ad will run today, July 7, in the Western Canada edition of the paper. The decision follows refusals by the Calgary Sun and Calgary Herald to run the ad last week.
“We’re glad that at least some media believe in providing a forum for dissent on this issue,” said VHS spokesperson Peter Fricker. “In our opinion, calf-roping is inhumane and people have a right to hear that point of view.”
The only media in Calgary running VHS ads opposing calf-roping are Fast Forward Weekly and a radio station, X92.9FM.
VHS has also welcomed the support of the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS), which has issued a statement condemning rodeos. The CFHS represents SPCAs and humane societies in Canada. CFHS statement can be viewed at this link.
Fricker said that the CFHS’s statement on rodeo, along with that of the Humane Society of Canada last week, showed opposition to calf-roping was growing.
