5:24 pm today

Rodeo Animal Welfare Committee speaks on advocate concerns

From Checkpoint, 5:24 pm today

Animal rights group SAFE released a video showing a bull bucking with a rider on its back and appearing to injure one of its hind legs. SAFE claims it is the fifth animal to be killed or suffer catastrophic injuries over the past four months of the rodeo season. Checkpoint contacted the Waimarino Rodeo Association and our inquiry was referred to Lyal Cocks, who's on the Rodeo Animal Welfare Committee. Cocks spoke to Lisa Owen.