2 chevaux meurent au Stampede de Calgary

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Je modifierai et ajouterai cette nouvelle dans notre bulletin...


Montreal Gazette, July 9, 2006

Calgary - Two horses died in a race on the first night of the Calgary
Stampede rodeo. Veteran chuckwgon driver Ray Mitsuing's left lead horse,
Val, suffered a fatal heart attack just before the third turn, causing the
outfit to screech to an abrupt halt.

An outrider then smacked into the back of the wagon and the impact caused
his left pull horse, Candy Man, to break its leg. It was put down by a
veterinarian on the grounds. No other riders or horses were injured.

Canwest News Service
Canadian Press

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CTV.ca Jul 9, 2006

The tragic death of two horses at the Calgary Stampede Friday night
have animal activist calling for a halt to the popular event.

"Just say no to that part of the alleged entertainment where animals
are put at risk night after night," Fiona Shedden, from the Calgary
Animal Rights Coalition, told CTV Calgary.

The two deaths occurred during the sixth heat of the Rangeland Derby.

As Ray Mitsuing's drove his chuck wagon team down the backstretch,
his left lead horse suffered a heart attack.

When the horse collapsed on the track, it caused a number of the
other horses to fall down.

The horse directly behind the lead horse in the hitch broke its leg
from the fall.

Veterinarians arrived on the scene shortly after the incident and
decided to euthanize both horses.

The Calgary Humane Society investigated the chuck wagon deaths.

"It's an unfortunate incident, and that the appropriate measures were
taken to ensure that it was addressed," said the society's Joan Treich.

For Mistuing, who was not injured, this is not the first time he has
lost a horse in a race.

Four years ago, another horse belonging to the chuck wagon driver
also collapsed and died.

Equine heart attacks among chuck wagon horses are not that unusual,
according to one former chuck wagon driver.

"I've had probably three or four in 24 years with heart attacks,"
said Jim Nevada.

This is not the first such animal tragedy to strike the Stampede.

Last year, animal activists were outraged when nine rodeo horses
died, falling off a bridge into the Bow River during the Stampede
celebrations.

The mishap occurred when some of the 200 participating horses got
spooked, and the animals rushed on to the bridge.

A subsequent investigation was unable to determine what caused the
horses to panic and fall to their deaths.

Four years ago, seven animals were killed at the rodeo. Of those, six
were horses injured during the chuck wagon races and one was a calf
that suffered a broken leg during the calf-roping event.

In 1986, 12 animals, including six horses, were killed during a chuck
wagon competition at the Stampede.

This year's 10-day event is expected to attract more than one million
visitors.

With a report by CTV Calgary's Kevin Rich

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Quand on aura le temps ma belle Cé, on pourra aussi l'ajouter dans ta page des rodéos... + l'accident de l'an dernier qui avait tué aussi plusieurs chevaux...

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Oui, Do. Si je peux avoir le temps, je ferai aussi un autre article sur les rodeos pour le bulletin mais ce n'est pas évident de ne pas me répéter.