Never been the least bit interested in the rodeo and I spent some time living in Calgary. It was always the midway and the exhibits for me. I think it is uneccessary, unlike meat. Ex-vegeterarian and vegan here. If you want to be healthy and vital long-term, meat is necessary. My eyes have been opened very wide on that one. I've eaten just about every way a person can eat. Meat is necessary. The rodeo isn't. But if certain standards are met. Standards that are arrived at through legislation. I choose then to understand that my own opinion should be a guiding principle in my behavior but no one else's. I don't get to tell everyone what to do. One, it is not my place and two, it's an impossible job.

This kind of protesting gets my griddle too. I see it more like bullying than protesting and often they give the worse of the worse scenarios and pass it off as common place. Purposely mislead. For example, pictures of cows with their heads poking through bars. "Oh that is awful," we say. No that is feeding time and they are free to roam about the rest of the day. Or they show pictures of something happening across the world. They use misleading propaganda to convince people to put their health in jeopardy. Believe it or not, it is a worldwide movement and has been going on for decades and the big food producers are involved. The push for plant-based is huge and has profit as its main motivator and not healthy or animal welfare. Geez, mono-cropping kills and maims like nothing else. It is the bigger problem but it is likely to stay hidden behind good intentions. Eat your meat (or fish. It's meat too) And stay sane, vital, and healthy.