Generaly speaking I have no real issues with the rodeo or the chuckwagons. My reasoning for this has no basis except that I really just don't care one way or the other. I don't know if rodeo directly harms the animals. From what I have seen in my lifetime here in Calgary is that there are accidents but other than that the animals do ok. Hell some of the good stock get treated pretty darn good and end up legends as much as any cowboy or cowgirl. The other thought I always have for this kind of stuff is that these animals tend to be bred specifically for these purposes. The majority of stampede rodeo stock are bred to be rodeo stock. Not to say they wouldn't be alive without rodeo, just something else to think of. If you don't like it don't go and don't support the stampede. Everyone has that choice.
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