72% OF L.A. RESIDENTS SUPPORT THE BAN!
Dear John,
As the Los Angeles City Council considers an ordinance that would ban "tools of torment" from rodeos and bull riding events in the city of Los Angeles, a new poll finds overwhelming support for such a ban. A poll of 600 Los Angeles residents found that 72 percent support banning prods, flank straps, and other tools that force animals to perform.
"These poll results show what we have known for a long time. That anyone with a heart would oppose using painful prods and straps to terrorize animals into performing," said Chris DeRose, President and Founder of LCA. "The rodeo is not a sport. It is a public display of animal abuse, consisting of terrified bulls and horses trying to get away from something that is causing them fear, pain, and discomfort. This abuse has no place in our society, and our laws must be changed to reflect the will of the public. We hope the City Council moves quickly to pass the ordinance banning these implements."
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The poll showed strong support for the ordinance across all demographic groups, including 70 percent approval among Black respondents and 67 percent among Latino respondents. A Freedom of Information Act request made by LCA revealed that a lobbyist for the rodeo was attempting to scare members of the City Council by arguing that banning African American and Latino rodeo events was "bad politics."
"Big Rodeo's hired guns are sneaking around the halls of the City Council using Los Angeles's Black and Latino communities as a prop so they can keep torturing animals for profit," DeRose said. "This cynical use of the race card is not only offensive, the polling data shows it is also dishonest. Now that councilmembers have the facts, I hope they will have the courage to stand up to the rodeo industry and put a stop to their abuse of animals."
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