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Tasmanians were outraged when in January 2006 this 'Today Tonight' program showed footage of a severely injured bull being kicked in the body and head to make him get up. The 'bucking bull' named 'After Dark' had injured his hindquarters in the arena at the 'Carrick Bull Ride' in Northern Tasmania, yet he was then forced to drag his paralysed legs into a yard and eventually up a ramp into a truck.
A local veterinarian was called to the rodeo, but it was an hour before she arrived. The bull was driven away in the truck, and reportedly killed. In June four people were charged under the Animal Welfare Act over the incident.
Just two weeks later, at another Tasmanian rodeo a horse broke its leg during a bucking event. It lay in the arena for 40 minutes before being loaded onto a float and taken away to be killed.
Observers attended five rodeos in Tasmania between January and June 2006 - three animals had to be put down, and another two animals received severe injuries during their events.
Rodeos are an abusive spectacle that cause inherent stress and suffering to the animals involved, and often injury.
Please don't support animal cruelty!
www.AnimalsAustralia.org