At first Calgary officials said the ‘Stampede’ was cultural and historic - same argument used by ‘Seal Hunters’ in Eastern Canada. Now on TV the Stampede official was saying that the Stampede attracts 330000 + spectators, almost making the connection that the horses are collateral damage, the price of doing business. Cockfighting is cultural and historic to many people and nations around the world, it also has a large audience, there are countries where the same can be said for dog fighting (cultural, historic and entertaining) sometimes dogs die. There is no difference today between cockfight, dogfighting or the Calgary Stampede because of another common denominator - money. Specifically making money and entertaining people at the expense of animals. Money drives the Calgary Stampede, it’s big business and part of the old mindset of ‘build it and they will come’ tourism mind set. In the world of big business driven by greed, everything becomes expendable it makes no difference between people or horses. A horse dies, get another one, lot’s of horses out there. NOT all rodeo’s and stampede’s are the same, in small town Canada and USA there are rodeo’s and Stampede’s that celebrate the contribution that the horse and cowboy’s made to the wild, wild west. Places where horses are still held in high esteem and respected. The small town rodeo’s and stampede’s are for the enjoyment of people and not the pursuit of money. Perhaps the big city attitude of chasing money and …
Our hosts pitch their tents on the grounds of one of the largest rodeos in the world - or the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, as it’s also known - the Calgary Stampede. They check out the Rodeo’s Chuck Wagon Village where they experience the thrill of chuck wagon racing. Then they set up camp at Indian Village where they learn about the history and customs of the Treaty Seven. Then they head up north of the stampede to the Composting Technology Centre at the Olds College Centre for Innovation to find out what happens to all the rodeo leftovers.
Our hosts pitch their tents on the grounds of one of the largest rodeos in the world - or the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, as it’s also known - the Calgary Stampede. They check out the Rodeo’s Chuck Wagon Village where they experience the thrill of chuck wagon racing. Then they set up camp at Indian Village where they learn about the history and customs of the Treaty Seven. Then they head up north of the stampede to the Composting Technology Centre at the Olds College Centre for Innovation to find out what happens to all the rodeo leftovers.
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