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The "Superbowl of Rodeo" has been exposed for tampering and the use of hidden torture tools. SHARK captured the PRCA's top-level officials rigging the competition and violating the association's own rules at the National Finals Rodeo. Read more HERE. See SHARK's undercover video HERE.

Why are video cameras banned at so many rodeos across the country? The Rodeo Mafia is scared and ashamed to have all their dirty secrets documented and replayed for everyone to see.

This steer's horn, being dragged in the dirt, has just been broken during a steer roping event.

They can no longer blow smoke about their so-called"humane rules" and lie about animal injuries and deaths, when SHARK's Tiger Truck takes our undercover video to the streets.

When SHARK investigators head out to rodeos in all corners of the country, armed with cameras of every kind, there is no place the abusers can hide. Our video cuts through the hype to show the stark reality of animal cruelty, injuries, and deaths that are inherent to the rodeo industry.

To learn more about the cruelty and corruption that pervades the rodeo
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industry, go to RodeoCruelty.com

The following 11-minute video is a sampling of the horrors that come to horses, steers, and calves in rodeos all across America.

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Our Rodeo Reality footage is representative of what happens at rodeos everywhere--the brutality and abuse the animals endure is inherent to the industry.

All the documentation on this video was taken by SHARK investigators at rodeos sanctioned and operating under the "humane rules" of either the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the International Pro Rodeo Association, or the National High School Rodeo Association. The vast majority of all the scenes on Rodeo Reality come from the rodeos listed below and none of the footage takes place before 2000.

Sadly, what you see in this video is the nature of rodeo today.

Oklahoma State Fair Rodeo, OK, 2004 (PRCA)
Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, WY, 2005 (PRCA)
NHSRA Finals in Springfield, IL, 2000 and 2001
Oklahoma State Prison Rodeo, OK, 2004 (PRCA)
National Finals Steer Roping, Amarillo, TX, 2004 and 2005 (PRCA)
Parker County Sheriff's Posse Frontier Days, Weatherford, TX, 2005 (PRCA)
Woodward, OK, 2005 (PRCA)
Del Rio, TX, State steer roping finals (PRCA)
Pendleton Round-Up, OR 2005 (PRCA)

5-6,000 volts of painful electricity is what the Hot-Shot in this rodeo thug's hand delivers to make this horse "perform" at American Royal.

Click here to see SHARK's footage of the Harry Vold Rodeo Company violating the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's (PRCA) regulations at the American Royal Rodeo in Kansas City, Missouri.

The PRCA, whose "humane rules" are for public relations purposes only, has proudly awarded "Stock Contractor of the Year" honors to the Harry Vold Rodeo Company eleven times, despite SHARK having documented this stock contractor violating shocking rules and other abuses at numerous rodeos including the infamous Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, American Royal Rodeo, and others.


Many more videos and photos can be seen on SHARK's other websites:

ShameOnCheyenne.com
IllinoisCorruption.com
AkronDeerTorture.com.


Head stock contractor, Ike Sankey, shocks a horse near the face in violation of PRCA's "humane rules" at the 2007 Pendleton Round-Up.

PENDLETON ROUND-UP RODEO (PRCA)

See the SHARK investigation of abuse, violations, injuries, and neglect at the infamous Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon:

The following videos from the 2007 Round-Up are posted on YouTube.com:
A Steer Dies, an Announcer Lies

Head Stock Contractor, Ike Sankey, Shocks Horses

"Cow Milking": A twisted event

Our investigative video from the 2005 Pendleton Round-Up can be viewed by CLICKING HERE.


See SHARK's investigative footage from the 2007 Cheyenne Frontier Days!
This infamous rodeo has been exposed once again brutalizing and maiming animals, illegally shocking horses, and lying to the public.

CLICK BELOW TO WATCH:

Horses Illegally Shocked

CFD Rodeo Announcer Lies to Audience

2007 Saddle Bronc "Champion" Wins on Shocked Horse

Rodeo-lovers claim respect for the "animal athletes" they abuse. Yeah, right. Watch as this contestant kicks a steer that he failed to rope. His actions go undisciplined, despite being against the rodeo's "humane rules".

CFD Rodeo Bulls: Rank Killers or Gentle Giants?

See more video clips and find out what's really behind each of rodeo's cruel events:

Calf Roping
Bucking Horses
Bull Riding
Steer Busting
Mutton Busting
"Wild Horse" Race
Calf Dressing
Contractor Cruelty

But don't rodeo people love and care for the animals?
SHARK will tell you what the rodeo industry won't.

To learn more about the rodeo industry's dirty practices go toRodeoCruelty.com.

NOTE: Many of the videos on SHARK's sites are available via YouTube. In response to a false copyright claim by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), YouTube pulled down nearly 40 videos on December 13, 2007 that SHARK had created from our investigative footage.

Although we have had rodeo videos posted on our site for years, SHARK's footage of animal abuse, injuries, and deaths at PRCA rodeos was getting more widespread attention on YouTube than ever before. The rodeo industry can't withstand that kind of honest attention, and they know it. The PRCA doesn't want you or their sponsors to be able to see what really happens at their rodeos.

SHARK has successfully fought back and all our videos are again available

Rodeo's Cruel Secrets

worldwide. See what the PRCA is so scared of at TheCruelTruth.com.

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