This photo is part of the 12/25/07 Kinship Circle alert
UPDATES: Year-End Victories & Setbacks, SEPT - DEC 2007 (Parts 1 & 2).
5. Shark Busts Superbowl Of Rodeo, The National Finals
DATE: December, 2007
FROM: SHARK Update, afinley [at] sharkonline.org
EDITED FOR LENGTH
The National Finals Rodeo (NFR) is a ten day series of rodeo performances in Las Vegas, Nevada that determines who is "world champion" of each rodeo event. This is, without a doubt, the most important rodeo expose ever...
The first night of NFR, SHARK volunteer and investigator Mike Kobliska identified an individual doing something to horses... We subsequently filmed 4 more performances and found one culprit using a device near the horses' faces just when the bucking chute opened. We’ve never seen this device at any of the numerous rodeos SHARK has investigated... At least one horse who received treatment from this device, High Life Gal, came crashing down on the arena floor and had to be stretchered out.
The device, held in place with a flesh-colored band, is almost undetectable. It appeared to be a miniature electric prodding device that fit in the palm of the hand, imperceptible to most rodeo-goers...
The creep who committed such a cowardly act against tame horses is Charles Soileau. Mr. Soileau is not only a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), but also the PRCA’s saddle bronc riding event representative! That means we have direct evidence the PRCA rigs its own competition, since only select horses endured Soileau’s dirty tool. The more wild a contestant’s horse bucks, the more points he can rack up...
PHOTOS: Las Vegas Channel 8 News / Controversy at National Finals Rodeo
VIEW SHARK FOOTAGE:
www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=7500463
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Ask KLAS Channel 8 to keep covering the NFR scandal. So far, PRCA won't answer questions about the device. How much voltage does it put out? How do they decide which horses get it? How can they justify this in line with their "humane rules?” PRCA is scared witless for this story to break bigger. They know it's as big to their "sport" as the steroid scandal is to baseball. Keep the pressure snowballing!
KLAS-TV * 3228 Channel 8 Drive * Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Emily Neilson, President and General Manager: eneilson [at] klastv.com
Ron Comings, News Director: rcomings [at] klastv.com
KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCES:
FACT SHEET: The Myth Of The Cowboy
www.kinshipcircle.org/fact_sheets/TheMythOfTheCowboy.pdf
PHOTOS courtesy of Kinship Circle, The Myth Of The Cowboy
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