Humane society says public must urge halt to chuckwagon race

Fourth horse dies at Calgary Stampede

VANCOUVER, July 13, 2015 /CNW/ - The Vancouver Humane Society (VHS) is calling on the Canadian public to express its outrage at the death of four horses in the Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races, following the death of yet another horse in the event on Sunday.

"The Stampede has made endless excuses about the continued loss of chuckwagon horses and has failed to stop these deaths," said VHS spokesperson Peter Fricker. 

"The race is fundamentally unsafe and horses just keep dying," said Fricker.  "People need to let the Stampede know that this is unacceptable."

VHS has repeatedly called on the Stampede to suspend the race and establish an independent panel of experts to determine if anything can be done to make the race safer.

Meanwhile, more than 10,000 people have signed a VHS online petition calling for CBC Sports to stop television coverage of the Calgary Stampede rodeo: http://tinyurl.com/pebwa5t

SOURCE Vancouver Humane Society

Contact Peter Fricker: 604 603 5401