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August 6, 2019
DEAR FRIENDS,
SHARK and the Animal Protection and Rescue League are announcing that we have filed a lawsuit against the Poway Rodeo, to stop them from electro-shocking horses, which is illegal under California law.
From the complaint:
Defendants are in the business of operating the annual Poway Rodeo in Poway, California (the “RODEO.”) In doing so, Defendants have been illegally shocking tame horses while they are in the chutes just prior to releasing them into the rodeo arena with a rider on top, in order to cause the horses to buck wildly, giving these tame, domesticated horses the appearance of being wild, “bucking broncos.”
The Poway Rodeo is scheduled to take place again September 27 and 28, 2019. Plaintiffs seek a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, and permanent injunction to enjoin Defendants and their agents from illegally shocking horses in violation of Penal Code § 596.7(e), which requires a rodeo to “ensure that no electric prod or similar device is used on any animal once the animals is in the holding chute ….”
Electro-shocking horses to force them to perform is absolutely cruel. It’s also illegal under CA law, yet this barbaric practice goes on with no one doing anything about it. It’s long past time someone stands up for these horses and the law and that’s exactly what we are doing with this complaint.
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Last night, KION ran a news story on our video exposing illegal dog/bull fighting at the California Rodeo Salinas:
"The California Rodeo Salinas is being accused of animal abuse in disturbing video appearing to show dogs taking quick bites at bulls in the middle of the arena. Animal activist group, Showing Animals Respect and Kindness, or SHARK, released the video this month filmed on July 19 following a bullfighting event on the last day of the rodeo.
“Repeatedly you see the dogs going for the bulls face, in some cases the bulls legs, and in one case, you see a bull with a bloody tongue," SHARK's President and Founder Steve Hindi told KION.
Watch our video of the illegal fighting HERE
SHARK has launched a campaign to ask Governor Newsom and Attorney General Becerra to intervene, and appoint outside law enforcement to investigate and charge everyone who allowed this outrageous abuse to happen.
Please politely contact Governor Newsom and Attorney General Becerra, send them our video and ask them to take action:
Please also contact sponsors Exxon and Best Buy and ask that they never sponsor the California Rodeo Salinas again:
Best Buy Corporate Headquarters
Facebook.com/BestBuy
612-231-5146 (Media Relations)
[email protected]
Exxon Headquarters
Facebook.com/ExxonMobil
800-243-9966 (Call during business hours)
972-940-6007 (Media Relations)
*For more information about the history of bull-baiting at Salinas, read the Animals24/7 story HERE
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Kindest Regards,
Steve Hindi and Your SHARK Team
SHARK is a frontline organization that goes where others do not, and we operate like no other animal protection organization in the world. Whether on land, water, or in the air, SHARK takes on issues others are afraid of, and documents and exposes animal abuse in a way others cannot, using camera-equipped drones, boats, super high-powered video cameras, body cameras, hi-pods that can raise cameras thirty feet in the air, and much more. Our small team of dedicated investigators travels across the US and beyond, confronting cruelty, cowardice and corruption, SHARK is the "Special Forces of Animal Protection."
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