While I don't find rodeo entertaining in any way and I rarely ever go, I fail to see how it's cruel to animals. Especially calf roping. Picking up and laying down a calf, tying its legs together, for which they are untied quickly after... yay. I'm sure it gets injured moreso walking over a texas gate.
Maybe horseback riding, but I don't know enough about the horse's physical state to criticize it.
Plus, has anyone ever considered that maybe the horses / bulls / calfs like participating in the rodeo? It is entirely possible. They might get huge orgasmic, sexual pleasure out of it. None of us will ever know.
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