The Blue Ridge Rodeo has been using animals in this cruel and exploitative sport since 1995. This rodeo includes such events as calf roping, bronco riding, and bull riding. Each of these sports cause great physical harm to the animals involved. Calf's are roped around the neck, feet, or stomach and jerked backwards with great force. This sensation is similar to whiplash in humans. Bulls and Broncos are made to buck through selective breeding and by placing a "flank strap" around their abdomen. The animals then buck wildly to rid themselves of both the strap and the rider forced onto their back. 
Regardless of treatment, these animals do not chose to participate in this sport. The cowboys and cowgirls willingly take part in these events and receive all the money and praise that accompany a victory. The bulls, calfs, horses, broncos and other animals are bred into existence specifically to be used in this sport. If they don't make the cut, they're sold for meat or euthanized. 
We are asking you to sign this petition to show support for putting an end to this rodeo. Signing this petition will send the message that you are on the animals side. That you want the sponsors of this rodeo to stop funding the exploitation and cruelty that is the rodeo world.