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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Because it's stupid, cruel and barely above dog fights?
Roping up a cattle, how joyous.
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No need to exagerate. In 100% of dog fights, #### fights or bull fights at least one of the animals is permenantly harmed. So it is clear that it is not comparable to rodeo and certainly not chucks.
The most cruel thing we do to animals is eat feed lot chicken. So that is the best place to start as feed lot chicken are probably animals that would be better off not existing.
The Horses and Bulls used for the jumping events likely wouldnt exist without rodeo and it would be questionable if other animals would exist in their place so the question becomes is the short term pain worth their existance. I dont know where I stand on this one.
For calf roping and steer wrestling I think the arguement against is stronger as these animals are still just going to get eaten later. But how much pain is being inflicted on the animals during this time. One test might be do animals after being in rodeo change their behaviour towards humans. Are they fearful going into the shoot? If yes then it might be cruel, if know than the animals dont know the difference.
Some animal cruelty people try to argue that lobsters feel pain because of the number of flicks of their tale increases in certain sitatuons. So a definition of cruel needs to be established before this can discussion can take place. And remember if you eat factory farmed chicken to be careful of your definition of cruel.