Rodeo bull death - California State Fair

[Guest guest]

This just in from someone who attended the rodeo exhibition at the

California State Fair on Sunday, August 29, 2004:

 

" During the rodeo I saw a bull get seriously injured during that stupid

teeter-totter thing they do. The announcer tried to blow it off, but

the crowd wasn't buying it. The bull rolled around in agony for quite a

while until they dragged it into an 'animal rescue van.' It was going

to go to Davis for an evaluation--BULLSHIT! I know a broken back when I

see one. Call the Cal Expo people and ask them what happened to the

bull injured on Sunday night. "

 

Last Sunday's performance was the last rodeo night at the Fair, though

the Fair itself continues through September 6.

 

This guy is a good friend, and knowledgeable. The promoter of the

Fair's " Barrels and Bulls " is Cotton Rosser, of Flying U Rodeo out of

Marysville. That stupid " cowboy teeter-totter " is the same contraption

which caused the death of yet another rodeo bull at the Grand National

Rodeo in San Francisco three (?) years ago. That one died of a broken

neck after crashing into the metal basis of the machine (a four-seater

see-saw affair). The Grand National has since banned the teeter-totter

at the Cow Palace. The State Fair should do likewise--demand that they

do. (Remind them, too, that Mr. Rosser put on an illegal " bloodless

bullfight " at the State Fair a few years back, not long after he had

pulled a similar stunt at the Grand National at the Cow Palace.)

Perhaps his contract with the State Fair should be cancelled.

 

PLEASE WRITE/E-MAIL/CALL:

 

Norbert Bartosik,

General Manager and CEO

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR

1600 Exposition Blvd.

Sacramento, CA 95815

916/263-3061 (Mr. Bartosik)

877/CALEXPO (toll-free, gen'l #)

e-mail - genmgr

 

You might cc State Senator Deborah Ortiz and State Assemblyman Darrell

Steinberg, too. Both are ex-officio members of the Fair Board. Both

may be written c/o The State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814.

 

Please let me know what you hear. Be aware, too, that John Growney, of

Growney Bros. Rodeo Co., is on the Fair Board, and is a good friend of

Cotton Rosser.

 

Cheers,

 

Eric Mills, coordiinator

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