SAFE Animal SquadGive to SAFE’s campaign to get an ad on TV and online asking all Kiwis to contact NAWAC and demand a ban on the cruellest activities in rodeo.
In New Zealand, when we think of the great Kiwi summer, we think of getting outdoors, swimming in the ocean, and spending time with loved ones in the endless sunshine.
However this year, like many other years, some families will be heading to the rodeo.
Can you believe this still exists in New Zealand?
Give to SAFE’s campaign to get an ad on TV and online asking all Kiwis to contact NAWAC and demand a ban on the cruellest activities in rodeo.
Before the last election, more than 62,000 caring people just like you told the Government they wanted a complete ban on rodeo. Before they were elected, Labour promised to ban the cruellest activities in rodeo, but they have failed to keep their promise. Barbaric rodeo events continue to take place all over the country every summer for the entertainment of a small group of people.
Take action
Email National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) asking it to modify the Rodeo Code of Welfare to prohibit the use of calves under 12 months old in rodeo.
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The use of calves is one of the cruellest aspects of rodeo.
In calf roping or ‘rope and tie’, calves as young as three months old are chased at high speed, dragged to a sudden stop with a choking rope around the neck and thrown to the ground. This is a horrific experience causing stress, fear and pain.
Calf riding is an event where these baby animals are ridden by children. An irritating flank strap, which makes them buck, is wrenched tight around their hindquarters before they are forced into the ring.
The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC), who advises the Government on animal welfare issues and policy, has repeatedly spoken out against the use of calves in rodeo, most recently in its 2018 Rodeo 5 Domains Workshop Report.
Together we can end this cruelty in New Zealand.
The rodeo community are already mobilising and speaking with their MPs so they can ‘play cowboy’ at the expense of sensitive animals. Animals forced to take part in rodeo need your help now to remind caring people that there’s nothing Kiwi about rodeo.
Give to SAFE’s campaign to get an ad on TV and online asking all Kiwis to contact NAWAC and demand a ban on the cruellest activities in rodeo.
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