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Old 07-04-2014, 07:55 PM   #1
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Two VADL activists have locked down at the 2014 Calgary Stampede to prevent the first night of the chuckwagon races from occurring.

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Old 07-04-2014, 07:59 PM   #2
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Trespassing. Remove them, arrest them, and get on with it.
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That shouldn't stop them from running the races. They appear to be safely behind the guard rail.

Let them sit there for a couple of heats and see how long they stay.
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Big mistake on their part. Private property. Cut the chains, haul them off for trespassing. Done and done.
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Old 07-04-2014, 08:07 PM   #6
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Now they've put them behind the "we're going to have to euthanize" tarp. This might not end well for them.
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Do they still use those electrified cattle prods to get the bulls angry in the chute? If so, anyone thinking what I'm thinking?
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Old 07-04-2014, 08:22 PM   #8
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The sooner they stop this stupid carnival of cruelty the better. We don't need our cities signature event to be such a slack jawed, backwoods, barbaric gong show. Calgary no longer needs the Stampede to identify itself. We are a world class city, but mutilating animals for pleasure is anything but world class. It's a black eye we need to rid ourselves of. Run the festival portion, just get rid of the damn rodeo already. At least the murder events.

inb4: But I am such a1337 cowboy wearing my Budweiser buckle, Jack Daniels Cowbot hat, and faux snake skin boots while I shuttle my kids around in a Volvo. I am the definition of a cowboy.

inb4: But you eat meat, and chickens, and they get the mean treatment too you hypocrite.

inb4: But it is so good for the economy.

Yeah, we could also divert the Bow River California on a mega pipeline, and that would be awesome for the economy too! Doesn't make it right.

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Locks have been cut and activists are being carried away
#Stampede2014#CalgaryStampede#stampedelockdown#gmckillshorses
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but mutilating animals for pleasure is anything but world class.
Serious question as I have never watched chuckwagons: What makes it any more barbaric than any other form of horse racing? Animal injuries more common?
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The sooner they stop this stupid carnival of cruelty the better. We don't need our cities signature event to be such a slack jawed, backwoods, barbaric gong show. Calgary no longer needs the Stampede to identify itself. We are a world class city, but mutilating animals for pleasure is anything but world class. It's a black eye we need to rid ourselves of. Run the festival portion, just get rid of the damn rodeo already. At least the murder events.

inb4: But I am such a1337 cowboy wearing my Budweiser buckle, Jack Daniels Cowbot hat, and faux snake skin boots while I shuttle my kids around in a Volvo. I am the definition of a cowboy.

inb4: But you eat meat, and chickens, and they get the mean treatment too you hypocrite.

inb4: But it is so good for the economy.

Yeah, we could also divert the Bow River California on a mega pipeline, and that would be awesome for the economy too! Doesn't make it right.

inb4: But Oilsands!!!!!11!!!11!1

Animals deserve exercise too.

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Serious question as I have never watched chuckwagons: What makes it any more barbaric than any other form of horse racing? Animal injuries more common?
I would say not more barbaric but more dangerous. The amount of horses on the track (24 in total) is a problem if one should fall. They are joined together in bunches of four to a wagon so if one goes down all four go down, horses are not built to take falls. The power they have as a four headed team makes controlling them very difficult and stopping them impossible, thoroughbreds love to run.
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Serious question as I have never watched chuckwagons: What makes it any more barbaric than any other form of horse racing? Animal injuries more common?
When one goes down, they all go down, and hundreds of pounds of wood and steel crush their legs.

Yes horse racing has the odd broken leg fatality, but Chucks amplify the problem to a ridiculous level. Every year there seems to be multiple horse fatalities at the Rangeland derby. I wish there was a year by year chart I could find. But I do remember 3 going down at the centennial. I quit going to the Stampede in the early 2000's after I watched a wreck from the stands that killed a few horses.

I am all for celebrating western heritage. Cool, neato, and all that jazz. But to me, they should be looking for a proactive way to phase out the 'bad' events. People will still go without the rodeo. The grand stand show is amazing in itself. Maybe instead of the rodeo, book the absolute top headlining Country acts in the world, and have the worlds greatest week and a half long country music concert. Not my cup of tea, but I would bet there are far more country music fans than rodeo fans out there. 4 hours of superstars, every single night. It will probably fill more seats than the rodeo. And bring in more people from across the globe.
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a tad over the top eh? 'murder events'
hard to take you seriosly when i can feel the virtual spittle from your mouth coming through the internet and hitting me in the face.
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When one goes down, they all go down, and hundreds of pounds of wood and steel crush their legs.

Yes horse racing has the odd broken leg fatality, but Chucks amplify the problem to a ridiculous level. Every year there seems to be multiple horse fatalities at the Rangeland derby. I wish there was a year by year chart I could find. But I do remember 3 going down at the centennial. I quit going to the Stampede in the early 2000's after I watched a wreck from the stands that killed a few horses.

I am all for celebrating western heritage. Cool, neato, and all that jazz. But to me, they should be looking for a proactive way to phase out the 'bad' events. People will still go without the rodeo. The grand stand show is amazing in itself. Maybe instead of the rodeo, book the absolute top headlining Country acts in the world, and have the worlds greatest week and a half long country music concert. Not my cup of tea, but I would bet there are far more country music fans than rodeo fans out there. 4 hours of superstars, every single night. It will probably fill more seats than the rodeo. And bring in more people from across the globe.
They are pretty much trying that now as well with the acts booked for the Saddledome.

I'm pro rodeo, the thing is these events are happening all over North America every week end. Because it is the biggest rodeo around, the Stampede falls under a much larger microscope. And the media needs to sensationalize everything so they go to the "animal death count" every year.
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a tad over the top eh? 'murder events'
hard to take you seriosly when i can feel the virtual spittle from your mouth coming through the internet and hitting me in the face.
Ya, damn that passion. DAMN IT TO HELL!
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...I wish there was a year by year chart I could find. ...
This is the closest list I could find, and yeah, basically 5 years (1991, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2013) with no fatalities reported.

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Maybe instead of the rodeo, book the absolute top headlining Country acts in the world, and have the worlds greatest week and a half long country music concert.
Are you suggesting Shania Twin is not world class?
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This is the closest list I could find, and yeah, basically 5 years (1991, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2013) with no fatalities reported.

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Yeah, 2002 was the year I saw the carnage live. Wasn't an entertaining night that's for sure.
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