Join Friends of Animals’ Bull Riding Protests
New York City & Bridgeport CT
January 7, 2011 & January 21, 2011
Join Friends of Animals in New York City and Bridgeport, CT as we oppose the degrading entertainment known as bull riding. These events are part of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) schedule covering towns and cities across the country. The bull riding “cowboys” travel to each venue with bulls who are crammed into trucks and tormented by them and rodeo clowns.
With all the talk of bullying in the news, many people realize that’s exactly what is happening to the bulls exploited by PBR. They are teased, shocked, and assaulted into “action” while they are wearing bucking straps. If these straps were used on humans, they would be called instruments of torture, along with the spurs on the boots of the riders.
This animal abuse portrayed as sport is often promoted as a family event, a place where children can cheer alongside adults as animals are dominated and brutalized, and the animal abusers given a score at the end.
In New York City
Date: Friday, January 7, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m. (event begins at 8:00)
Place: Madison Square Garden, Four Pennsylvania Plaza, 7th Avenue between West 31st St.
and West 33rd St., New York, NY 10001 Directions
To RSVP or for more information: contact Edita Birnkrant by EMAIL or 212.247.8120
In Bridgeport, CT
Date: Friday, January 21, 2011
Time: 6:30 (event begins at 7:30)
Place: Arena at Harbor Yard, 600 Main Street, Bridgeport, CT Directions
To RSVP or for more information: contact Nancy Rice by EMAIL or 203.656.1522
Come on out and help us educate the public and let the PBR and attendees know the truth about this horrible form of entertainment. We’ll be handing out our Rodeo, Bull Riding, And Other Macho Stories of Domination And Control educational flyers to ticket holders and to passersby, and we’ll hold highly visible posters challenging the brutality going on behind closed doors.
**Be sure to check the FoA blog at www.friendsofanimals.org for any changes due to weather.
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On December 24, 2010, Marni wrote:
I have heard of Donkeys being roped in these rodeos. I hate it. All of it. It is so inhumane and disgusting.
On January 4, 2011, gingie wrote:
Sorry, but I love it when the Bull retaliates! Of course, they always show those video clips in the news. I cheer for the Bulls!
How about if they show the clips of the animal abusers torturing and killing the Bulls for a change? That might wake up a lot of people.
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On January 4, 2011, Ted James Calvin wrote:
Upon reading the article against Bull Riding ,I could not help but only to think back to my hapless, non-concerning days of riding these animals while being a member of the FCA (Florida Cowboys Association). Not only was the fear alone greater than I could ever imagine, but so was the beauty, poise and elegance of each and every bull I had ever seen and rode. One may ask why then? Well finally, two years after several jackpot rodeo’s, winnings, and of course multiple beatings gladly handed to me from these wonderful animals, I decided to simply stop! The injuries in which I received were nothing close of what these abused animals go through they’re entire lives.
On January 5, 2011, Edita Birnkrant wrote:
Ted James Calvin — thank you for sharing with us the thoughtful evolution of your persectives on bull riding.
Gingie — The educational pamphlets we’ll be handing out at the entrance of the bull fighting event will explain and describe that the entire bull riding “sport,” is based on tormenting and assaulting the bulls so that they can buck—so when attendees watch the show, they will see the truth behind what they are seeing. That way they don’t need to see any video—they can see it happening right in front of them.
Edita Birnkrant
NY Director
Friends of Animals.
On January 5, 2011, Meh wrote:
At least it doesn’t happen in England. Did you hear about that bull that made a break for freedom and was then killed? Sometimes I feel bad for being human.
On January 6, 2011, Ray from New Jersey wrote:
If the Friends of Animals ban bull riding what will they not allow us to do next? Those bulls are babied and coddled. If not for riding they would not exist.
FoA comments:
Whoa! What’s next? Don’t put your cart in front of your horse, or after it. That’ll do, but really just stop exploiting animals — that’s the game plan. Except it’s not a game and certainly more serious than some guys riding on the backs of bulls while others sit in the stands and watch.
On September 13, 2012, Katie wrote:
Bull riding is not inhumane. An average bull only spends about 5 minutes per year in the arena. These bulls are bred to buck, and not “provoked” by a cowboys flank strap or set of spurs. These animals buck, that is what they do. Please consider these points before tryiing to stop a perfectly humane sport.
FoA comments:
Ever notice how the bulls stop bucking when the rider is off? That’s a clear indication that the bulls are not enjoying the experience. Flank straps, cattle prods are used to excite the bull. And when the bulls are not in the ring, they spend their life in captivity — none of this can be called humane. FoA objects further — animals should not be exploited by humans.