Bull Fighting

[jhawks99]

Am I the only one who roots for the bull? WTF is this and what is wrong with people?

Anyhoo, dude gets a Darwin award in Spain this weekend.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/31/europe/m ... index.html

[twocoach]

Same. Macho nonsense that can go away any time.

[TDub]

the Spanish style bullfighting really isn't very enjoyable

[Cascadia]

No different then rodeo's, it's animal cruelty.

[jhawks99]

How many broncos are stabbed to death gettin busted?

[Cascadia]

https://www.vancouverhumanesociety.bc.c ... y-2018.pdf

[Cascadia]

https://www.hsvma.org/rodeos_inherent_c ... to_animals

You can choose to be ignorant or educated.

[TDub]

Rodeo animals are better taken care of then 99% if any other animal.

[Cascadia]

We all know which choice you've made.

[TDub]

both the cowboys and the stock contractors make their living with those animals. They arent treating them like shit. Ive been around a ton of rodeo and I know firsthand the care and attention that goes into those animals by both sides of the business.

[TDub]

How much rodeo have you been involved with and how much of your "education" is an article by PETA?

[jhawks99]

I don't think the point of rodeo is to stab the animals to death.

[Deleted User 89]

calf roping is the only event/s i really take issue with

aside from having their nuts cinched tight, i don’t think the bulls or broncs are treated poorly in most cases

that said, the whole thing is rather silly these days since those skills are rarely needed out in the real world anymore. i grew up in rodeo, 4-H and the like, and would have zero issue if the sport went away

in my experience, what happens at a rodeo is a far cry from what actually happens on a working cow-calf ranch. that was true 20-30 years ago, and i’d imagine is even more true today with so many opting for ATVs over horses

[TDub]

they dont even cinch the nuts. just a flank strap is all.

[Deleted User 89]

they dont even cinch the nuts. just a flank strap is all.

fair enough...the cinch is around the abdomen

still uncomfortable, i’m sure (hence the bucking).

[TDub]

im sure its not super comfortable. but usually they quit bucking as soon as the weight off the rider is off


and with the broncs the pick-up men unbuckle the flank strap rigging as they are picking up the rider so its a 8-12 second venture.

[TDub]

they're bred to buck. its part the flank strap and part just their nature.

[Deleted User 89]

i know all of that

it doesn’t change my opinion one bit

and it’s ok...we can agree to disagree

[PhDhawk]

they dont even cinch the nuts.

The Wrangler jeans the humans wear certainly do.

[jhawks99]

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