Kamloops This Week
RODEO ANIMAL ACCIDENTS
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Aug 30 2006
A death Saturday of a horse at the Kamloops Outdoor Pro Rodeo was the first such incident in the six-year history of the event. But animal deaths on the rodeo circuit do occur:
August 14, 2005, Omak, Wash. - A horse is killed during the Omak Rodeo after breaking its neck during the Wild Horse Race.
July 3, 2005, Calgary - While being herded to the Calgary Stampede fairgrounds, nine horses die after being spooked and falling 33 feet off a city bridge into the Bow River. Approximately 200 horses were on a six-day, 125-mile journey from the Stampede ranch near Hanna to the exhibition site near downtown Calgary. Some animals tumbled down a steep embankment, and others jumped or fell over the guardrail. Some horses died on impact, others drowned and one had to be euthanized later.
July 29, 2004, Edmonton - Four horses being used in a chuckwagon race suffer severe injuries when a pole being used to attach them to the wagon breaks as the winning horses are being led from the race. They are euthanized as a result.
July 10, 2004, Calgary - A horse being used in a wild-horse competition at the Calgary Stampede is euthanized after breaking a leg by colliding with another horse and being thrown into a rail.
May 23, 2004, Surrey - A steer being used in the Cloverdale Rodeo wrestling competition breaks its neck while being wrestled to the ground.
July 15, 2002, Calgary - Seven animals die during the 2002 Calgary Stampede. A calf suffers a broken leg during a roping event and has to be euthanized. A horse used in the chuckwagon event suffers an aneurism and dies. Five horses are injured and later euthanized during chuckwagon events.
August 9, 1999, Ottawa - A horse is killed after slamming into a fence during a bucking event at the Can-Am Rodeo.
July 11, 1996, Calgary - Three horses are killed during the chuckwagon event at the Calgary Stampede. Two horses die instantly and the third is later euthanized after crashing on the "half-mile of hell" event.
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