rodeos: animal abuse for the sake of entertainment
- Changing public attitudes - Reining in rodeo in Vancouver and Surrey, BC
- Why is rodeo inhumane
- Specific rodeo events
- Arguments defending rodeo
- Links
VHS is opposed to rodeo because most rodeo events involve the use of fear, stress or pain to make animals perform. There is also considerable risk of injury or death for the animals. These risks and the suffering they endure are especially unacceptable, given the unnecessary and frivolous nature of rodeo as entertainment.
Virtually all animal welfare organizations in Canada oppose rodeo, including the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies and the Humane Society of Canada. Rodeo is banned in the U.K., Holland, and several other U.S. and European jurisdictions. It is opposed by the American SPCA, the Royal New Zealand SPCA and the Australian SPCA. In Canada, the City of Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver have banned rodeos.
