Activists to challenge Warkworth Rodeo animal cruelty
Next week on New Year's Day, animal rights activists from the group Direct Animal Action will demonstrate outside the
Warkworth Rodeo.
The activists plan to display large photographic images depicting animal cruelty documented at the Warkworth rodeo and
at other rodeos across New Zealand.
They want the government to implement a nationwide ban on rodeo.
“Investigations carried out by activists all over the country have shown time and again that animal suffering at rodeos
is actually the norm. This just isn’t acceptable,” says Direct Animal Action spokesperson Kathleen Lafferty.
“Rodeos are legalised cruelty and animals shouldn’t have to suffer for our entertainment,”
“We want the government to ban rodeo in our country. With even parts of the U.S. now banning rodeo, it’s actually an
embarrassment that we’re falling so far behind overseas trends,” (1)
“We’re planning a peaceful demonstration next week and we’re hoping that rodeo-goers won’t become confrontational with
us,” says Ms. Lafferty.
Protest details: Friday 1st January 2016, 11am outside Warkworth Showgrounds, State Highway 1, Warkworth.
Social Media: www.facebook.com/DirectAnimalAction
(1) Rodeos are partially banned in Britain, other parts of Europe and areas of the US and Australia.
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