Animal Rights

Climenhaga, David J. “Yet another annual message to the Calgary Stampede: don’t hurt animals for entertainment.” Rabble, 16 July 2019, www.rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/yet-another-annual-message-calgary-stampede-real-men-dont-hurt/.

Young, Kevin, and Brittany Gerber. ““Necropsian” Nights: Animal Sport, Civility, and the Calgary Stampede.” Sport, Animals and Society, edited by James Gillett and Michelle Gilbert, Routledge, 2013, pp. 167-182.

Deckha, Maneesha. “Opinion: Stampede may be legally ‘humane,’ but that doesn’t mean animals are protected.” The Vancouver Sun, 16 July 2017, www.vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/opinion-stampede-may-be-legally-humane-but-that-doesnt-mean-animals-are-protected.

Fricker, Peter. “Canadian veterinarians should condemn the Calgary Stampede—full stop.” CBC News, 5 July 2019, www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/calgary-stampede-1.5200765.

Gerber, Brittany. Horses, Entertainment and Sport: Animal Rights at the Calgary Stampede. 2012. University of Calgary, Master’s thesis. PRISM, www.prism.ucalgary.ca/items/25902823-d5b6-4c07-a9c1-269d90792040.

Gerber, Brittany, and Kevin Young. “Horse Play in the Canadian West: The Emergence of the Calgary Stampede as Contested Terrain.” Society and Animals, vol. 21, no. 6, 2013, pp. 523-545.

Grant, Vivian. “Tradition is a stale myth and an unacceptable excuse for rodeo abuse.” Tuesday’s Horse, blog post, 24 July 2010, updated 6 July 2016, www.tuesdayshorse.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/tradition-is-a-stale-myth-and-an-unacceptable-excuse-for-rodeo-abuse/.

Killingsworth, Colleen. “Animal-Welfare Activists vs. the Calgary Stampede: “That’s Entertainment?” Public Relations Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-27, www.prjournal.instituteforpr.org/past-issues/.

Labchuk, Camille. “Calgary Stampede: Torturing cows and horses is wrong, outdated and illegal.” The Globe and Mail, 7 July 2016, www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/calgary-stampede-torturing-cows-and-horses-is-wrong-outdated-and-illegal/article30788704/.

Nickerson, Shannon. “Animal Justice Calls for Investigation After Horse Hit in Face at Calgary Stampede.” Animal Justice, 12 July 2022, www.animaljustice.ca/blog/horse-hit-at-calgary-stampede.