Is Rodeo Ethical? Or Are Rodeos Cruel?

2 years ago
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I just published my first book, and it talks about rodeos a lot. So the question "Are Rodeos Cruel?" has been showing up a lot for me lately. Hopefully I address the base thought process behind this question thoroughly in this video.

If you're interested in the book, you can buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Bull-Developing-Successful-Leadership/dp/1088042112/

I got some stats wrong by an order of magnitude when recording. I found a horse racing stat that showed a .24% injury rate, but when I examined it more closely after recording, I realized that it wasn't an injury rate, it was a fatality rate. And I had misplaced the decimal, so it was actually 2.4%! 2.4% fatality rate! The injury rate is even higher! Basically, horse races are just absolutely terrible compared to everything else discussed in this video.

Sources:
https://www.avma.org/javma-news/2001-01-15/welfare-animals-integral-part-professional-rodeos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racehorse_injuries
https://valientemott.com/auto-collisions/chances-of-dying-in-a-car-crash/

Timestamps
0:00
0:29 Personal And Cultural Bias
1:16 Animal Welfare In Rodeo Stats
2:01 Group 1: Non-Interventionists
2:43 Group 2: The Big Group
3:33 One Giant Moral Grey Area
6:33 Group 3: People Who Are Wrong

The content is for entertainment purposes. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. I am most definitely not a lawyer.

Music in this video provided by BenSound: https://www.bensound.com/
#rodeo #Ethics #animalrights

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