WTF Are They Doing to Goats?!

Animal Connection

BACKGROUND | SOURCE ANIMAL CONNECTION

The community of Orangevale, Calif., has reportedly scheduled a “Pee Wee Rodeo” to take place on May 19 during its annual Pow Wow Days celebration.

During this event, children between the ages of 5 and 9 will participate in “Goat Tying,” where they will chase down goats, flip them onto their backs, and tie their legs together. Obviously, being chased and subjected to rough handling, crowds, and loud noises is a terrifying ordeal for these animals and they can get hurt! They have no opportunity to escape or defend themselves.

Please urge the Orangevale Chamber of Commerce to cancel these cruel events. And spread this alert far and wide!




WHOM TO CONTACT

Please call and send polite comments to:

Orangevale Chamber of Commerce
9267 Greenback Ln., Ste. B-97
Orangevale, CA 95662
916-988-0175
info@orangevalechamber.com


SAMPLE LETTER

Dear Chamber of Commerce,

The community of Orangevale, California, has reportedly scheduled a “Pee Wee Rodeo” to take place on May 19 during its annual Pow Wow Days celebration.

During this event, children between the ages of 5 and 9 will participate in “Goat Tying”, where they will chase down goats, flip them onto their backs, and tie their legs together. Obviously, being chased and subjected to rough handling, crowds, and loud noises is a terrifying ordeal for these animals and they can get hurt. They have no opportunity to escape or defend themselves.

I am shocked at the disrespect and cruelty inflicted on goats in pursuit of such. “Goat Tying” is inherently cruel, subjecting goats to unnatural environments and pain in exploitative situations.  Indeed, “Goat Tying” games are barbaric events during which docile animals are used again and again.

Please accept that animals are sentient creatures, capable of love, pain, thought, and suffering, and when you support the exploitation of these goats, you only promote indifference and establish that you are unsympathetic to animal concerns. Furthermore, when you actively engage in this type of abuse in front of children, you are indeed promoting animal abuse and disrespect, which invariably lead to human abuse and disrespect. Please discontinue plans for this activity and use an alternative event in which all can participate in a cruelty-free manner.

Thank you for your attention and consideration to this urgent appeal.

NAME

peewee rodeo,
cowboy
mini-me of hell.
teaching children
that it is okay
to be cruel and
mentally unwell.
it is sick and
vicious to torment
these little goats.
how about some
peewee compassion
this is
all
she wrote!

Karen Lyons Kalmenson