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In calf roping, calves weighing less than 300 pounds are forced to keep running at rates that exceed 25 miles per hour when they are roped. The reason they keep running at such high speeds is that they are being tormented in the holding chute. Their tails are curled, their tails are rubbed forward and backward over the steel bars of the chute and they are stunned with electric prods until the gate opens. They burst out of the chute at top speed just to be held back - clotheslined - with a choking rope around the neck. They are frequently harmed and some are killed.

People who deliberately chose to plan their recreation around the same animals they spend long hours working with developed rodeo. Rodeo was designed with thorough knowledge and respect of the animal’s capabilities and limitations. Who would know a horses or bulls capability better than someone that works with them everyday? We wouldn’t use or ride an animal that couldn’t perform the task needed to get the job done. These animals were built for work. They were not put on this earth to stand in a field and become lawn ornaments. Most rodeo contestants have a great deal of respect and love for these animals they work with and it’s a huge insult to those people who say they are recklessly endangering the lives of these animals. PETA has been pretty lose with their accusations of physical abuse to rodeo animals and cite very rare

Do you think rodeo is animal cruelty? Rodeo has been around forever. Ranchers roped calves, cows, bulls, and steers to doctor them, thats where roping came from. Bronc riding came from ranchers having to break colts to ride and rope off of. This lifestyle is still going on to this day but now people think it is animal cruelty after it turned into a contest called “Rodeo.”

The topic of horse slaughter doesn’t usually come up very often in everyday conversation. Horse slaughter is more of an implicit subject, which your everyday person doesn’t know much about. Because it is highly controversial, it has gone through the cycle of being banded and then reinstated twice in the last 5 years. With being involved in the horse industry my entire life, I have witnessed the effects first hand. Some people see it as killing pets, animal cruelty, and morally wrong. However, I see it as a source of income, a way to stop the starvation and abuse of horses, an export industry for the United States, as well as a quality meal for in times of despair.

Andreou, E., Didaskalou, E., & Vlachou, A. (2008). Outcomes of a curriculum-based anti-bullying intervention program on students' attitudes and behavior. Emotional & Behavioral Difficulties, 13(4), 23.5.

In the US today cattle are part of everyday culture. With more than 93 million cattle in the dairy and beef industry, and tens of thousands in the rodeo business, cattle are definitely a huge part. Lately, there has been many concerns with the bovine friends along with multiple misconceptions. Rodeos may look tough on animals, and todays society is not educated well enough on the beef and dairy industry. People don’t realize that these animals are happy, healthy, and very well cared for.

Another example is bucking horses. Animal activists believe that putting a flank strap, a strap that is secured around the back end of the horse right before the hind feet, on a horse is causing the horse to be outraged and in pain because the people think that the strap is on too tight and it is hurting the horse. What people do not know is that the flank strap is actually in a certain location of the horse which could be compared to the waist of a human and if it were to be tightened to tightly the horse would refuse to move. The flank strap is actually on a nerve that releases hormones and causes for horses to become enraged. Statistics show that an average bucking horse spends about five minutes in the arena per year. So only five minutes of their time they are enraged each year.

The main purpose of this article is to examine various research on the etiology of stuttering. The experimental research explored various brain circuitries involved, specifically the the basal ganglia. Furthermore, the meta-analysis discussed neuroimaging, lesion, pharmacological, and genetic studies on the neural circuitries connected to persistent developmental stuttering and acquired neurogenic stuttering.

My counterclaim is that people don’t understand that rodeo can be about loyalty between people and animals and the strength and skill an animal and a human can have.People don’t understand is that rodeo is all about the treatment of animals and people.

Fans have argued that rodeo is abuse the the animals and others have argued that it’s not abuse to them. There are a lot of people who absolutely love the rodeo and come to watch and support it. Then on the other hand, there are those people that hate it and are totally against it because they believe it is abusive to the animals. Without the animals, rodeos would not be possible; therefore, the care of the animals is of the utmost importance to all participants and staff. A writer for Beef Magazine.com says, “Rodeos put animal health and welfare in front of fans. How rodeo has used veterinary information to prepare for—and respond to—a range of questions can be an example for the beef industry.” (Ryan, 2013). This proves that during the rodeos

As a student of Buena Park High School, I am concerned about how this article will impact other students and teenagers in general (¨A Change of Heart about Animals¨, September 1, 2003) The article states that people who own animals have to treat them better, because they are like humans and they have emotions too. In your article, you put out there all kind of studies proving that animals do express sentiments, but one particular study about pigs' behavior was inaccurate. When I read the actual research there was nothing that said that ¨they crave affection and are easily depressed if isolated or denied playtime¨. Although I do believe that the animals do not have to be treated in an inhumane way. This makes me doubt about the credibility of

Every 60 seconds an animal is abused. Dogs, cats, horses, and many other types of animals are being neglected and tortured everyday, yet resulting in few and minor consequences for the perpetrators. Animal abuse is prevalent in the United States and has been an ongoing issue since the 1970's, and prior to. Society as a whole has chosen to avoid the facts and arguments about animal cruelty, because to some it is seen as acceptable and typical. It becomes much more frowned upon when people actually see the results of the cruelty, especially in the media.

Willcox, C. and Willcox, B., 2009, ‘FOXO3A Genotype and Human Longevity: The New APOE?’ Japanese Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine, vol 5, no.6, pp.804-809.

Think about how we will look back on our cruel forms of entertainment in the future. Will we be proud of the way we treated these great animals, with abuse as neglect? Today we turn our heads away from reality and what happens behind the scenes of animal entertainment. However, we can’t turn our heads forever. Around the world, there is so much more to animal entertainment than what meets the eye. These animals have been torn away from their beautiful, natural homes and brought to a prison of concrete. In these prisons, they are beaten, starved and tortured all for our money and entertainment. These animals lives should not be taken from them for us. Our money and happiness should not be worth these animal’s lives. Circus, theme park and zoo animals all suffer from aggression towards trainers, mental disabilities and physical injuries. These animals should not have to suffer any longer.

He says “There is another shadow on rodeo. It is also the shadow of pain, but it’s the pain of one group of participants that cannot choose to avoid it--the animals. This is an interesting point as nobody when watching a rodeo is thinking about if the animal is in pain they are thinking about the cowboy. The sport is one that people watch for the drama and some people think that the animal and the human have to deal with the fact that they might be injured. Parfit then brings up an interesting question “Is is civilized to make a sports of animals’ fear”? This question really makes the readers of this particular item think and they can have there own opinions on the subject. A well written article like this one give the readers chances to form their own opinions on the subjects. This part of the article gives reasons why the bulls are treated well compared to other bulls and also gives the other side of the article that says “If people educated themselves about rodeo, they’d be horrified. The people that participate in rodeo think they are doing no harm to the bulls and compete because they don’t have any fear. The passion that they have for the sport outweighs any fears that they might have. They think that the rodeo bulls have a much better life that a lot of animals including cattle that is used for