Eric Mills, Coordinator, Action for Animals
Both the Livermore and Rowell Ranch rodeos feature a brutal, sometimes fatal and blatantly sexist event called the Wild Cow Milking Contest.
The cows are still lactating BEEF cattle, not dairy. As such, they are unused to being handled at all, much less this roughly. One of these frantic cows jumped the fence at the 2014 Rowell Ranch Rodeo, and suffered a broken neck and prolapsed eye. Another broke a leg at the 2004 Livermore rodeo. Both were euthanized, leaving orphaned calves. The Hayward Area Recreation & Park District (H.A.R.D.) boasts one of the more progressive rodeo policies in the country, though weakened in recent years. It states (in part): The Animal Control Officer, the SPCA representative, and/or the veterinarian shall have complete and unilateral authority over the  treatment and utilization of animals/livestock. Contest events ⦠shall be limited to the following: bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, b
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