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Campaigns Discovery Channel airs new rodeo show From Johanna Clearfield: (Rodeo fact sheet below) The Discovery Channel has a horrendous new show, the home page for this
horrible Rodeo show is:
http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/beyondthebull/beyondthebull.html?clik=netmain_feat1
People can submit emails objecting to the show by going to:
http://extweb.discovery.com/viewerrelations Here is the blurb which is posted on their home page: It�s not if you get hurt. But when. And how bad.� Beyond the Bull taps into the adrenaline of the fastest growing sport in
America: professional bull riding. In the Professional Bull Riders (PBR)
Built Ford Tough Series Tour, the world�s best cowboys battle their 2,000
pound opponents for a million-dollar prize, bragging rights and the
championship title. If they�re lucky, they stay on the bull for a full eight
seconds to qualify for monetary prizes; if not, they fall in the rankings
and walk away (or limp away) without a dime. Beyond the Bull spotlights three riders as they compete, chase the purse
and tempt fate. Access to never-before-seen moments from the tour reveals
their lives outside the chute � as husbands, fathers and sons. Each leads a
hectic life � balancing careers and families, as well as battling their
personal demons and fears. And with every bull they mount, the riders risk
broken bones, dashed dreams and crushed egos. Viewers will meet the hotshot young Australian Brendon Clark, who is
navigating his sophomore season on the circuit; cattle rancher and newly
engaged J.W. Hart, who's been successful but hasn't reached the championship
pinnacle; and family man and Brazilian legend Adriano Moraes, who is vying
for an unprecedented third gold buckle. In addition to the riders
themselves, Beyond the Bull also features PBR medical director Dr. Tandy
Freeman, J.W.'s fiance LeAnn Stilley, Adriano's wife Flavia Moraes and
Brendon's girlfriend Anna Hunt. ###### From the Peta website www.peta.org
(which includes a photo of a young bull stumbling and breaking a leg,
horrifying onlookers, at the recent 120th Annual World's Oldest Running
Rodeo) : PETA, along with every other national animal protection organization in
the United States, is working to put an end to the rodeo�an abusive
spectacle that has no place in a civilized society. Rodeo promoters say that the animals are wild and rough, but without the
use of spurs, tail-twisting, and bucking straps cinched tightly around their
abdomen and groin, these frightened and often docile animals wouldn't even
buck. They are terrorized into action when men shove electric prods into
them, twist their necks, yank them by their tails or legs, slam them to the
ground, or otherwise batter them. The fact that most of these innocent
animals are eventually destined for the slaughterhouse in no way justifies
compounding their agony along the way. THE PRCA: ALL BULL Complaints about rodeos are forwarded to the Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association (PRCA), which sends the complainant a "soothing" letter saying
that PRCA's "humane rules" protect the animals. Actually, these rules are
worthless; they are rarely enforced, and when they are, the fines imposed on
the cowboys are so small as to be meaningless in comparison to the big prize
money being vied for. BODIES BATTERED OUTSIDE AND INSIDE Often, the animals' injuries are internal. Dr. C.G. Haber, a veterinarian
who worked for 30 years as a meat inspector in slaughterhouses, saw scores
of animals discarded from rodeos and sent to slaughter. Toughened as he was
to animal suffering, the condition of animals from rodeos sickened him. He
described them as "so extensively bruised that the only areas in which the
skin was attached (to the flesh) were the head, neck, leg, and belly. ... I
have seen animals," he said, "with six to eight ribs broken from the spine
and at times, puncturing the lungs. I have seen as much as two to three
gallons of free blood accumulated under the detached skin. Bullfights are
merciful compared to rodeos. It's high time this cruel sport be outlawed in
the United States." ALSO visit SHARK (Showing Animals Respect and Kindness)
www.sharkonline.org for more
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