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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. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only 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. ....
A Rowley Regis man has been given a suspended jail sentence after admitting weapons charges. Daemon Maher, aged 36 of Harvest Road, pleaded guilty to ‘buying or acquiring a weapon that discharged electricity’, and having an extendable baton in St Giles Avenue. He was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to pay £313 in costs. Magistrates said the offences were serious, but the weapons were not used in dangerous circumstances. Other recent cases at Dudley Magistrates Court included: A Cradley man caught with a lock knife in Lye has been jailed for six months and two weeks. Mark Anthony Edwards, aged 35, of St Annes Court, denied the offence but was found guilty. He admitted breaching the terms of a previous suspended sentence of 12 weeks for failing to provide a breath test when suspected of drink-driving, and failing to surrender to custody while on bail. He was ordered to pay £149 costs. ....
A Stourbridge man has been ordered to undertake treatment for alcoholism and put on a curfew after being found guilty of assault. Kieran Ashley Russell, aged 29, of Collis Street, had denied the charge of beating Daniel Rumble. He was placed on a community order with an alcohol treatment requirement and placed on a 7pm to 7am electronically tagged curfew for 12 weeks. He must also pay £600 in compensation and costs. Other recent cases at Dudley Magistrates Court included: A Rowley Regis man has been given a suspended jail sentence after admitting weapons charges. Daemon Maher, aged 36 of Harvest Road, pleaded guilty to ‘buying or acquiring a weapon that discharged electricity’, and having an extendable baton in St Giles Avenue. He was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to pay £313 in costs. Magistrates said the offences were serious, but the weapons were not used in dangerous circumstances. ....