Texas News Alert - Join the Demonstrations Against the PRCA Rodeo

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Texas News Alert --

 

Join the Demonstrations Against the PRCA Rodeo

 

A Bunch of Male Apes Proving They Can Dominate Male Bovines & Horses?

How Degrading for Apes, Bulls & Horses.

 

Where: At the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum, 3401 Lancaster , Ave.

Fort Worth ; east side of front of Coliseum by the parking lot

 

When: Friday, Jan 18th-6:30 pm, Saturday, Jan 19th, 1pm & 6:30 pm

 

Flyers and posters will be provided

 

When ticket holders arrive to the opening weekend of the Professional

Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Rodeo on the dates above, they'll be

met by activists and supporters from Friends of Animals protesting a

violent spectacle, the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo.

 

We'll be near the Coliseum entrance to hold posters and to hand out

Rodeo, Bull Riding, and Other Macho Stories of Domination and

Control flyers to rodeo customers.

 

These flyers discuss ways in which rodeo " cowboys " bully a lot of

trapped animals for the delight of crowds. In the 21st century, why

are Texas babies growing up to be cowboys? We need a change in male

role models!

 

As is quite obvious in these shows, and as the PRCA's website itself

says, the " cowboys " wear thick, metal spurs and use bucking straps to

provoke the action needed to present this image of domination and

control. The PRCA's website lists electric prods as allowable rodeo

equipment. These things would be called instruments of sadistic

torture if cowboys themselves were roped up and tormented with them.

 

Come lend the animals your voice! Protest and educate; create a

society that demands a more respectful humanity!

 

To RSVP, or for more information, contact Edita Birnkrant at

212.247.8120, or by e-mail: edita. Cell phone

numbers for Jan. 17-19 -- 917-940-2725 or 202-906-0210

 

About Friends of Animals: We are a non-profit, international animal

advocacy organization, founded in 1957. Friends of Animals works to

cultivate a respectful view of nonhuman animals, free-living and

domestic. Our goal is to free animals from cruelty and

institutionalized exploitation around the world.

 

Support Friends of Animals

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all of the broadcast TV stations promote this "event" on the evening ( & maybe morning) newscasts, as a news item, NOT pd. advertising. is there any way we could educate the producers, or do they just not care?