I don’t think the horse riding events are so bad – except that the horses are locked up for most of their lives, but that is no worse than the way most people treat their dogs – but the rest of the events are competitive animal torture. I’m not sure that it is any worse than boiling lobsters alive for fun, however. http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2004/08/consider_the_lobster.html
Rodeo is great entertainment, at a horrific cost to the animals.
I don’t think the horse riding events are so bad – except that the horses are locked up for most of their lives, but that is no worse than the way most people treat their dogs – but the rest of the events are competitive animal torture. I’m not sure that it is any worse than boiling lobsters alive for fun, however. http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/2000s/2004/08/consider_the_lobster.html