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Animal activists have slammed the handling of an incident in Laidley where cattle fell out the back of a stock truck.
On Wednesday, May 19, cattle in the rear of a livestock truck leaving the Laidley saleyards fell out and onto the road.
Police were tasked to the scene where eight were euthanised.
But Animal Liberation Queensland, via its Facebook page, claims some cattle were âshot up to five times before they diedâ.
Acting Laidley officer in charge Senior Sergeant Al Dixon said the appropriate steps were taken to ensure the eight cattle were destroyed humanely.
âThe welfare of the animals was the first consideration,â Sergeant Dixon said.
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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.