Ban Calf Roping in Queensland!

While all animals involved in rodeos can face horrendous cruelty, there is one specific event still taking place in Queensland that could and should be banned in the Rodeo Code of Practice: calf roping.

A man pins a calf to the ground.

In Calf roping, calves as young as 4 months old are released into the arena and chased by a “roper” on horseback. The roper’s goal is to lasso the animal around the neck and then yank the rope to bring them to the ground on their back so that they can restrain the calf by tying three of their legs together. Aside from the injuries that these calves can sustain, research shows that the baby animals experience fear and pain throughout the ordeal.

Calf roping is so cruel that it’s effectively been banned in South Australia and Victoria, where cattle used in rodeos must weigh at least 200 kilograms.

Calf Roping in Queensland.

Ban Calf Roping in Queensland!

While all animals involved in rodeos can face horrendous cruelty, there is one specific event still taking place in Queensland that could and should be banned in the Rodeo Code of Practice: calf roping.

Animal Liberation Queensland has documented the cruelty involved in calf roping dozens of times, and in 2019, it handed in a petition with 60,000 signatures to the Queensland government calling for a ban. There has been no response from the minister on this issue.

Animals need your help. If you live in Queensland, please use the form below to tell your MP that banning calf roping must be a priority.

Feel free to use the template text below as a guide, but e-mails in your own words will have a greater impact.

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Dear {contact_data~firstName} {contact_data~lastName}:

I’m writing to you with concerns about the Queensland Rodeo Code of Practice. 
  
In calf-roping events, young animals running at full speed run the risk of sustaining trauma to the neck when they’re lassoed with a rope, violently jerked back, and slammed to the ground. The force of being lassoed by the neck causes many calves to become airborne before human adults throw themselves on top of the terrified animals and tie them up with rope. Calves, who are just babies, find this extremely stressful and are sometimes so badly injured that they need to be carried out of the arena.

Queensland Minister for Agricultural Industry Development  Mark Furner  has stated that Queensland has “some of the toughest animal welfare laws in the nation”, but while calf roping continues, this can’t be true. Calf roping is already banned in South Australia and Victoria, and rodeos are banned outright in the Australian Capital Territory. Queensland needs to act quickly to make sure it meets the expectations of its community.

Will you help get this hideous practice banned – and the ban enshrined in the Rodeo Code of Practice?

Yours sincerely,

{user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}
{user_data~Address 1}
{user_data~City}, {user_data~State Region} {user_data~Zip}
{user_data~EMail Address}

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Ban Calf Roping in Queensland!

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