To the editor: I used to be extraordinarily upset to see a chunk within the L.A. Instances glorifying rodeos. (“Invoice Pickett rodeo brings its present to Los Angeles,” July 22)
In 1990, town of Pittsburgh, Pa., handed an ordinance that in impact banned rodeos after a bull was videotaped struggling a damaged leg and screaming in ache. The Pittsburgh Metropolis Council rapidly banned flank straps, electrical prods and different dangerous tools utilized in these occasions, and rodeos haven’t been held there ever since.
People have additionally been injured and killed at rodeos. On this very violent world, we’d like our leaders to carry us towards a kinder, extra compassionate world for all.
It ought to be famous that Invoice Pickett began his rodeo as a result of Black cowboys weren’t allowed to take part in occasions run by white males. So the racism is basically amongst them, not those that oppose all rodeos.
Our opposition has nothing to do with tradition, racism or sexism — it’s about cruelty to harmless, defenseless animals.
Patty Shenker, Woodland Hills
