PLEASE help: only a few weeks remain to end the abuse!

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** September 20, 2023
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** DEAR FRIENDS,
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I’m writing to ask if you can please help SHARK stop a sickening spectacle of animal cruelty that is attempting to pass itself off as “cultural tradition” and “sanctioned sport”...

The steer has been run to exhaustion. His tail aggressively twisted around the contestants spurred boots, the constant then speeds off on his horse, slamming the steer violently to the ground. At the impact, his eyes close in agony, sides heaving in pain.


Next, the fake cowboy turns on his own horse. Punching his faithful friend in the head, over and over.

There is NO SPORT in the Mexican-style US rodeos (called Charreadas).

No true rancher would EVER subject beloved horses and cattle to this perverse display!

Friends, only a limited time remains before this year’s Charreadas season ends.

I urgently need your help to save horses and bulls from terrible suffering!

Please donate now if you can, as generously as you can. ([link removed])

We’ve been on our feet - and on the road - since Charreadas events started in early April. To be frank, everything - all of our equipment - sees almost constant use. But time is running out on this year’s season.
* Our custom surveillance drones, that can run upwards of $14,700, must stay flying.
* Intelligent drone controllers, at $1,700 each, must be replaced and maintained.
* Plus, we need as many $369 flight battery rechargers as we can afford, and high-capacity video cards, at $50 each, in bulk.

It is absolutely crucial that we capture and build up enough drone evidence to expose these grisly events. Without it, we can’t make the case for exposing, and ultimately closing, more than a dozen of the most nefarious Charreadas hot spots in the US. Please help! ([link removed])

Whatever generosity you can show now will free innocent steers and horses from heartbreaking pain and suffering in Charreadas.

Whether $35, $50... $100... or even $1,000... your kind and caring donation will ([link removed])

hold abusers accountable and help end the barbaric rodeos masquerading as “culture.” ([link removed])

Yes, US Charreadas have the GALL to claim they’re upholding tradition! But as these drone images show, the real truth is only tragic...

These thinly-veiled gambling rings aren’t supposed to run poor steers again and again until they can barely stand. They aren’t supposed to flog and punch and spur their horses until they bleed or collapse or both. They aren’t supposed to leave broken, injured animals to suffer in pain without any veterinary care at all for hour after agonizing hour.

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At a BARE MINIMUM, we’ll look first to prosecute the blatantly illegal acts…

The forced competition with broken bones. The savage “tail spinning” where a steer’s tail is wrapped around the rider’s boots to twist the helpless animal around and around until the skin on their tail rips off... an abominable act known as degloving that is as hideous as it sounds.

Whatever you can donate, please help now. The charreadas steers and horses need you. Our tireless surveillance teams need you. The clock is ticking. ([link removed]) Please donate today. ([link removed])

Thank You for always SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness, and thank

you for being the heart of SHARK,

Steve Hindi

Founder, SHARK

P.S. Not only are these rodeos illegal in nearly 25% of US states and against Charreadas rules in Mexico, they’re also a perversion of culture. In the OpEd column for a major West Coast newspaper, one concerned Latino citizen called US charreadas “antiquated displays of animal cruelty” that subject “sensitive, intelligent bulls, calves, and horses to spurs, flanks, and

wire tie downs. Most Latinos,” they wrote so powerfully, “have no desire to watch animals be abused for human entertainment.” As a friend to SHARK you share this outrage, I know. But to expose this season’s suffering, we need you. Please help with a donation now if you can. ([link removed]) Thank you!

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