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I have heard people speak of cruelty at rodeos, that rodeos can't exist without being cruel to animals. Those kinds of comments are opposite to a rodeo's very origin.
Animal welfare, which is caring for and meeting an animal's needs, is practiced in the sport of rodeo. The average bucking horse or bull works less than five minutes per year in the arena. The PRCA has very strict rules in place pertaining to animal care.
As for hurting the animals with straps, our skin is 1mm-2mm thick, horse hide is 5mm thick, and bull hide is 7mm thick.
The flank strap is fleece-lined in the flank area, which can be compared to the waist of a human. The straps do not cover genitalia in any way or cause pain to the animal. If the strap were tightened too tightly, the animal would refuse to move, much less buck.
Rodeo animals are taken care of better than most family pets. So, please, let's all take one small step toward educating the people instead of providing so much misinformation to them.
Jim Yeoman
Utah
Animal welfare, which is caring for and meeting an animal's needs, is practiced in the sport of rodeo. The average bucking horse or bull works less than five minutes per year in the arena. The PRCA has very strict rules in place pertaining to animal care.
As for hurting the animals with straps, our skin is 1mm-2mm thick, horse hide is 5mm thick, and bull hide is 7mm thick.
The flank strap is fleece-lined in the flank area, which can be compared to the waist of a human. The straps do not cover genitalia in any way or cause pain to the animal. If the strap were tightened too tightly, the animal would refuse to move, much less buck.
Rodeo animals are taken care of better than most family pets. So, please, let's all take one small step toward educating the people instead of providing so much misinformation to them.
Jim Yeoman
Utah
