Animal Liberation Queensland launched the advertising campaign on Monday with the goal of disrupting the event. According to the organisation, five separate billboards have been designed using photographs captured undercover at abattoirs, feedlots, and saleyards throughout Queensland. Each billboard tells the story of an individual animal, such as an emaciated cow , a distressed calf , and a frightened bovine pictured in a cattle truck, with wording such as born to die and starving, suffering, sent to slaughter , beside the images. The slogan uncover the truth is visible across every billboard, and viewers are directed to the website www.beef.org.au, which demonstrates the detrimental impacts of beef production .
Farmer lets 14 of his 21 horses starve to death in a bare, drought-stricken Queensland paddock
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The rider at fault was fined $50 for the offence and disqualified from the event.
National Rodeo Association board member Steve Augustine watched from the ringside and agreed that it was an unfortunate accident, but he denied any claim that the calf was injured.
“It jumped straight up and it showed no drastic evidence of trauma,” he said.
“The angle of that video makes it look worse than it was.
“I spoke to the contractor the next day and if you walked among those calves you wouldn’t know which ones were used and which ones were not.”
Mr Augustine put the sudden stop down to the unintended placement of the rope along the calf’s back.
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For the first time ever, the Queensland Government is working on a Rodeo Standards and Guidelines, which prompted Animal Liberation Queensland to ask Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Minister, Mark Furner, to ban calf roping.
Animal Liberation Queensland rodeo campaign director, Gayle DâArcy said, âif Minister Furner is fair dinkum about wanting high standards of animal welfare in Queensland, the decision to ban calf roping should be a no-brainerâ.
Mr DâArcy said the practice brutalises calves in the name of sport and entertainment, and itâs time to change.
âIn 2019 over 60000 people signed a petition asking for a Queensland ban, (and) tens of thousands of Queenslanders have emailed their state MPS and the Minister over the past couple of years,â he said.
Event organisers made the call to reschedule the event this morning after heavy overnight rainfall caused too much concern over the safety of competitors and animals alike.
“Thank you to everyone that puts so much effort into making these events happen. Even with the best COVID plans in place, too much rain over night has meant that we have had to postpone this event,” the organisers said through a statement on Facebook. Jacob Day at the Imbil Bull n Bronc on Saturday January 4, 2020. Photo East Coast Images.
“The rodeo may be postponed, but the party doesn’t have to stop! Make sure you pop into the Railway Hotel Imbil and grab a feed, a drink or two and catch our awesome entertainers Junction Road Music as they play a mix of new and classic groves to keep you in the mood for fun!”
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