{"id":36223,"date":"2013-06-15T00:35:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T14:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=36223"},"modified":"2020-09-17T11:53:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T01:53:20","slug":"greens-launch-attack-rodeos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/06\/15\/greens-launch-attack-rodeos\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens Launch Attack On Rodeos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>June 15, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Greens have launched an attack on rodeos saying they shouldn&#8217;t be billed as &#8220;family friendly&#8221; as they&#8217;re definitely not &#8220;animal friendly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo call rodeos \u2018family friendly\u2019 is an insult to human intelligence,\u201d Queensland Greens spokesperson Andrew Bartlett said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rodeos are a cruel spectator sport with animals suffering torment and many kinds of injuries. Animals have been killed or have had to be destroyed in the name of this so-called \u2018entertainment\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung children could become desensitised to animal cruelty if they think this is acceptable behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bartlett, who was commenting on this weekend&#8217;s Gold Coast rodeo, said the current code of practice for rodeos was set up by pro-rodeo groups and &#8220;successive governments had turned a blind eye to breaches&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>He said rodeos, if allowed, should have:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A qualified vet at every event to ensure the animals\u2019 health, safety and humane treatment;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Training and readiness of rodeo staff and volunteers for emergency events including injury of animals;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A ban on the use of electric prods, flank straps, spurs and\/or other equipment that hurts or frightens animals;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A clearly identified &#8220;duty of care&#8221; chain of command in place for the well-being of the animals and those people should be able to be prosecuted for lack of duty of care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Bartlett accused Premier Campbell Newman of &#8220;pandering to his political cronies&#8221; in his support of rodeos.<\/p>\n<p>He said Federal Labor ad also backed away from its policy of an Office of Animal Welfare by refusing to back a Private Member&#8217;s Bill moved by Greens Deputy Leader Adam Bandt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greens have launched an attack on rodeos saying the events should not be billed as &#8220;family friendly&#8221;, saying they&#8217;re certainly not animal friendly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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