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wmuboy
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:55 pm |
Cingular sponsors cruel rodeo events. Rodeo promoters say that the animals are wild and rough, but without the use of spurs, tail-twisting, and bucking straps cinched tightly around their abdomen and groin, these frightened and often docile animals wouldn't even buck. They are terrorized into action when men shove electric prods into them, twist their necks, yank them by their tails or legs, slam them to the ground, or otherwise batter them. The fact that most of these innocent animals are eventually destined for the slaughterhouse in no way justifies compounding their agony along the way.
Often, the animals' injuries are internal. Dr. C.G. Haber, a veterinarian who worked for 30 years as a meat inspector in slaughterhouses, saw scores of animals discarded from rodeos and sent to slaughter. Toughened as he was to animal suffering, the condition of animals from rodeos sickened him. He described them as "so extensively bruised that the only areas in which the skin was attached (to the flesh) were the head, neck, leg, and belly. ... I have seen animals," he said, "with six to eight ribs broken from the spine and at times, puncturing the lungs. I have seen as much as two to three gallons of free blood accumulated under the detached skin. Bullfights are merciful compared to rodeos. It's high time this cruel sport be outlawed in the United States."
What's next for Cingular?...sponsoring dogfights?
Contact Cingular at: www.CingularSupportsCruelty.com
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tampadelphian
Posts: 407 |
Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:55 pm |
I belong to PETA too!!! People Eating Tasty Animals!!!
Wow. Cingular is just another in a long line of evil corporations sponsoring sporting events like rodeos. Another nut spoken for.
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justin22
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:21 pm |
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haha how queer... lol not even worth a post..
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Cptech31
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:28 pm |
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dang people will post anything to complain about a company now did they also post this in the verison and sprint and t-mobile threads
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gerio
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Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:16 pm |
WMUboy, while I'm pretty certain you're nothing more than a drive-by poster and I doubt you have the balls to come back and engage this discussion, you are truly full of shit, you and your vet buddy. I attend many rodeo events every year, not as a participant, nor spectator, but I see first-hand the treatment that the animals get and I know two of the owners of one of the largest rodeo shows in the nation. Those animals are very expensive to raise and care for and they can't afford to le them be abused in the manner you allude to. I think the calf-roping is a little rough, but I've been shown by professional rodeo folks how it's not harmful to the calves unless an inexperienced cowboy slips by the requirements and hurts an animal because he doesn't know what he's doing.
But none of this is the point, is it?
Did you go after Dodge? Miller Beer? Skoal? Budweiser? Mossy Oaks? John Deere? Remington? Bass Pro Shops? Ford? Coleman? General Motors? Honda? Polaris? The state and local agricultural organizations? Of course, you didn't or if so, provide proof that you did. I doubt you're even an animal lover. For some reason, you've singled out one business and gone after them. You are as transparent as glass.
I hope the mods push this thread off as fast as you run from a legitimate debate.
Geri O
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peryus88
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Sun Nov 26, 2006 12:58 pm |
| justinflry wrote: | | haha how queer... lol not even worth a post.. |
LOL, dude what kind of thread is this...OP's broke back.
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Shalalala
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Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:13 am |
People of the Ethical Treatment of Humans
Sure they're cute, but what will we test our make up on?
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