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PETA - OLYMPIC RODEO PROTEST
For Immediate Release:
December 21, 2001
Contact:
Kristie Phelps 757-622-7382, ext. 1454; 916-798-9434 (cellular)
Leslie Heins 410-467-2362
PETA, GOLD MEDALIST SCOTT HAMILTON PROTEST OLYMPIC RODEO AS TORCH ARRIVES
PETA Says, "Pass It on: Olympic Charter Shouldn't Include Cruelty"
Baltimore -- When the Olympic Torch Relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics arrives in Baltimore tomorrow, the runners will be greeted by people "carrying the torch"... for animals. Utah Olympic organizers have angered humane societies and animal rights groups internationally by planning an "exhibition rodeo," including the most-condemned spectacle, calf-roping, as part of the Cultural Olympiad in Salt Lake City. Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will be visible along the relay route with signs that read, "Don't Shame the Games. Buck the Rodeo."
Date: Saturday, December 22
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Place: Intersection of Battery Avenue and E. Montgomery Street
Animals used in rodeos are physically provoked into displaying "wild" behavior in order to make cowboys look brave. Rodeo employees and competitors have been caught on videotape painfully twisting the tails of calves and ramming electric prods into their flesh before the chute gates are opened, trying to get the animals to run to escape the pain. Severe injuries to the animals, such as broken bones, massive bruising, and internal bleeding, are commonplace. Last week, a horse was killed after breaking his back at the PRCA's National Finals Rodeo in Nevada.
"The Olympic charter promotes peace, understanding, and fair play, not cruelty to animals," says PETA's campaign coordinator Kristie Phelps. "Every kind person around the world wants this hideous act eliminated."
Rodeo opponents are supported by Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton and former Buffalo Bills head coach Marv Levy, who have written letters to members of the Salt Lake City Olympic Organizing Committee, urging them to cancel the rodeo event.
For more information, please visit www.BuckTh eRodeo.com.
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For Immediate Release:
December 21, 2001
Contact:
Kristie Phelps 757-622-7382, ext. 1454; 916-798-9434 (cellular)
Leslie Heins 410-467-2362
PETA, GOLD MEDALIST SCOTT HAMILTON PROTEST OLYMPIC RODEO AS TORCH ARRIVES
PETA Says, "Pass It on: Olympic Charter Shouldn't Include Cruelty"
Baltimore -- When the Olympic Torch Relay for the 2002 Winter Olympics arrives in Baltimore tomorrow, the runners will be greeted by people "carrying the torch"... for animals. Utah Olympic organizers have angered humane societies and animal rights groups internationally by planning an "exhibition rodeo," including the most-condemned spectacle, calf-roping, as part of the Cultural Olympiad in Salt Lake City. Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will be visible along the relay route with signs that read, "Don't Shame the Games. Buck the Rodeo."
Date: Saturday, December 22
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Place: Intersection of Battery Avenue and E. Montgomery Street
Animals used in rodeos are physically provoked into displaying "wild" behavior in order to make cowboys look brave. Rodeo employees and competitors have been caught on videotape painfully twisting the tails of calves and ramming electric prods into their flesh before the chute gates are opened, trying to get the animals to run to escape the pain. Severe injuries to the animals, such as broken bones, massive bruising, and internal bleeding, are commonplace. Last week, a horse was killed after breaking his back at the PRCA's National Finals Rodeo in Nevada.
"The Olympic charter promotes peace, understanding, and fair play, not cruelty to animals," says PETA's campaign coordinator Kristie Phelps. "Every kind person around the world wants this hideous act eliminated."
Rodeo opponents are supported by Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton and former Buffalo Bills head coach Marv Levy, who have written letters to members of the Salt Lake City Olympic Organizing Committee, urging them to cancel the rodeo event.
For more information, please visit www.BuckTh eRodeo.com.
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