1. The government put price controls on gasoline and the effect was more people bought gasoline because the price was reduced. Then they took the price controls away and the gas prices soared and there was a severe drop in sales. This could have been avoided if they just would have left the price of gasoline alone.…
To begin with, the violence of this sport is of the charts. Not only is it violent during the competition but the training. In the show, Full Metal Jousting, the competitors train by getting hit with a battering ram and a metal baseball bat. The jousters stand at the end of the battering ram and six men slam a hundred pound battering ram into the jousters shoulder. These men go flying back. The next training method is using a metal bat and they ride down on a horse and a man swings his bat at him. These methods teach them the force of a hit and to resist falling off your horse. Now onto the real competition, the goal is to knock the other off his horse and this takes a lot of force. The horse itself weighs hundreds of pounds and including you and your armour and since mass times acceleration it is a lot of force, around 50,000 lbs. This creates a high chance of getting injured and as witnessed on Full Metal Jousting we saw cuts, bruises, and broken bones.…
For hundreds of years, animals have been used for our entertainment. Although most people have been to the circus sometime in their lives, they do not think about what goes on behind the scenes. When you think of the circus; you think of having a good time, with plenty of excitement. You think of goofy clowns, acrobats and popcorn. You rarely think about what happens when the show is over. But for some the show never ends. Chimpanzees and other animals used for our entertainment are usually abused and mistreated.…
Rodeo - An exhibition or contest in which cowboys show their skill at riding broncos, roping calves, wrestling steers, etc.…
Bull riding is the epitome of rodeo excitement. Nothing quite compares with man vs. beast when one outweighs the other by about 10 to one. With nothing but a rope separating them, the cowboy must hang on to the rope with one hand for eight seconds.…
Bull riding is not for the faint of heart, every bull rider knows that every time he steps across the back of a bull it may be his last ride. Yet these men don’t think about it because if they did they wouldn’t ride. Bull riders are men whose determination, try, and never quit attitude combined with their love of the game is what gets them through the pain, blood, sweat, and tears.…
Men participated in a very competitive and dangerous sport, with rodeo come’s injury and success. As per discussion above, women played a crucial role for men who were involved with rodeo, being supportive and doing most of the work so they could make a professional career within rodeo. The men are always on the move, partaking in rodeo events outside of their home city, making a living and trying to win competitions. “The amount of time spent traveling thousands of miles during season places a heavy burden on the physical and mental well being of rodeo athletes” (Amanda J. Sinclair and Jack W. Ransone, 2004). Injury can happen in any event that is within the rodeo competition. Bull riding consists of 49.8% of injury, 22.8% in barback riding,…
People will not understand how dangerous these creatures are because the only time they’ve seen them is when a performer is forcing the animal to participate in the show as the animal needs…
Most of the cattle would probably go to the butcher a couple of days after the rodeo so it wouldn't make much of a difference if they died or…
There are many reasons why and why not we should agree with what is being considered animal cruelty in rodeos. PETA argues “docile animals are physically provoked into displaying wild behavior in order to make the cowboys look brave.” However, rodeos do not change animals’ behavior. Animals behave the same way as they would just like in the pasture or wherever they are. An animal can act up anytime and anywhere. Electric prods, spurs, and bucking straps are not used badly but people think they are: “Electric prods, spurs, and bucking…
Bullfighting is a festive event presenting the Spanish tradition that results in the death of the bull or bullfighter. According to source 1, the bull is "fighting for its life and dies after a process of birth, growth and preparation." These violent events are allowed in eight countries (source 4) and are believed to have taught a beautiful art to entertain. Bullfighting should continue to be allowed because it conserves the audience’s presence and preserves the culture of its origin.…
The misconception with equine slaughtering is rooted deep in what really happens. Picture over 50 horses packed into a closed off truck, some with injuries, some unable to withhold their own weight due to malnourishment. The racehorse from the track that finished at the back of the pack last week or the foal who just didn’t live up to his breeder’s expectations. The old school mare who spent years caring for the younger children first learning to ride and the Budweiser pony who pulled one too many carts trying to please his owner. The collection of horses all piled together in a confined and crowded double-decker cattle truck. They are offered no food or water, sleep is nearly impossible to obtain, and fear runs through all the animals veins.…
Something as old as bullfighting might seem out of style but it is quite a prominent sport. The show of bullfighting has been around for a long time and was a popular spectacle in ancient Rome. It was fully developed in the Iberian Peninsula. The North African Moors changed this sport from a “formless spectacle practised by the conquered Visigoths to a ritualistic occasion observed in connection with feast days on which the conquering Moors, mounted on highly trained horses, confronted and killed the bulls.”(Spainsh Fiestas) Around 711A.D. the first bullfight took place in celebration for the crowning of King Alfonse VIII. King Felipe V liked the sport but he banned it from the aristocracy because he thought it set a bad example for the public. Once it was banned the commoners accepted the ‘sport’ as something they did and started playing it around 1724. They couldn't afford horses so they did it by dodging the bulls and doing it unarmed. They dodged and taunted the bulls. They eventually ended up placing small spears into them which is where we get banderillas in the bullfights todays. It has been said that bullfighting is literally dancing with death. If they make one wrong move the fighter will get gored which is why it is so important for the…
Horses engage in a variety of very strenuous activities. Even a horse that is not competing or working can be subject to injuries as a result of their very nature. Horses love to run and play and actively do so socially. As an equestrian and a horse trainer, I have witnessed horses injure themselves by rolling into walls, running down hills and playing with one another. One day a horse may be perfectly fine, the next day the horse may have an injury that will keep them from being worked for weeks.…
Have you ever been to the Rodeo? Have you seen the amazing cowboys riding and catching the stallions and bulls. The crowd sits in awe as the extraordinary cowboy stays on the bull even though the bull bucks and kicks all around. Bulls undergo harsh conditions, cruelty, and for the riders it can be deadly. People should not participate in bull riding.…