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Rodeo OK: CBSC


OTTAWA – Calf-roping, bronc-riding and steer wrestling is all right by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. The Humane Society of Canada took a shot at getting rodeos banned from Canadian TV last year by complaining in July that OLN's broadcast of the Calgary Stampede promoted violence against animals. The national specialty services panel viewed 16 hours of rodeo coverage of July 9, 10 and 11, 2005 and disagreed with the complainant, the CBSC announced today. The Panel also said the Humane Society was chasing the wrong chuckwagon anyway since the panel "considered that the bulk of the Humane Society’s complaint dealt with its...