Rodeo Must Die

Anti-rodeo protesters were gathered outside an event in Whangarei yesterday with signs shaped like tombstones. The signs read 'rest in peace' in memory of the animals which died last year taking part in the sport. Apollo Taito from Direct Animal Action says the New Zealand Government's review of rodeo practices isn't moving quickly enough. "We're just really frustrated and angry because it's taking a really long time for the Government to respond to the nature of rodeo." Mr Taito says action needs to be taken to ban the worst aspects of the sport. "We'll stand there with signs saying 'rest in peace', just dedicated to the animals that have passed away due to the cruel practise of rodeo." Four animals reportedly died in the previous year. One of those was covered up, activists say - the death of a horse at an event in Gisborne in December, shortly after a bull was put down after its leg was snapped. The bull's death was widely reported, but the horse's death wasn't. RODEO IS JUST STUPID ANYWAY. ALL IT IS IS A RETARDED EXCUSE TO GET ON A BUCKING BULL JUST TO GET THROWN OFF. IT'S NOT JUST ANIMALS GETTING HURT OR KILLED, IT'S ALSO THE PEOPLE TAKING PART. AND THOSE THAT DO SURVIVE WILL RACK UP HUGE HOSPITAL BILLS IF THEY'RE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE SITUATED IN POST-OBAMACARE AMERICA.