Rodeo: Harmless Sport or Animal Abuse? Rodeo is a sport that has existed for centuries in almost all corners of the Earth, but recently, animal rights groups have been targeting those involved with rodeo. Is Rodeo really animal abuse or is it a harmless sport? Rodeo was born in the middle of the 19th century. It started when two groups of cowboys met to settle a dispute over who was the best at performing everyday ranching tasks. This little argument sparked the first rodeo and the sport has been
Rodeos have been a part of America’s heritage for thousands of years. To many, Rodeo cowboys and cowgirls are considered are not only an athlete, but an icon and an entrepreneur. The sport of Rodeo has a unique origin to which no other sport can lay claim (4). Rodeos emerged from the daily routine and tasks of a low paying job with long hours performed by ranch hands who came to know the animals very well in the way that they lived (4). These people chose to plan their recreation around animals
Rodeo riding is a competitive sport which consists of various different events, bull riding, calf and steer roping, team roping, steer wrestling, bulldogging, bareback and saddle bronc riding. All though many consider this an entertaining and fun sport there are many reported cases of poor animal health and wellbeing Throughout this essay the fowling topics will be further researched, the dangers involved in the rodeo, what animals are involved, what are rodeo spurs really like, the flank strap and
Americans don’t have equal access to healthy and affordable foods because in today’s society Americans have more access to unhealthy food; which can cause obesity. I care about and would like to do more research on why healthy food in America is not accessible to lower- income individuals. My goal for this paper is to explain why Americans don’t have equal access to healthy and affordable foods and why eating unhealthy food can cause obesity in America. “Factory Farming: A moral Issue” by Peter Singer