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AT&T is now sponsoring rodeos. In fact, AT&T has become a major sponsor and “Exclusive Wireless Provider” for the largest rodeo-sanctioning organization in the world, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). If you google, “AT&T rodeo sponsor”, you will find numerous rodeos AT&T sponsors.
Rodeos take docile animals and try to make them seem aggressive. Bulls and horses are tormented in the chutes prior to release into the ring. They are forced to wear bucking straps, and the rider uses spurs, which dig into the animals’ flesh. One rodeo cowboy said of bucking straps and electric prods, “If you can’t use those devices, then you have no rodeo” (Pittsburgh Tribune Review Dec. 26, 2000).
Injuries to animals, such as deep internal organ bruising, hemorrhaging, bone fractures, ripped tendons, and torn ligaments and muscles, are all expected and anticipated in the violent tradition. For more information on rodeos, request a rodeo brochure from The Humane Society at 202-452-1100. You can watch The Humane Society’s rodeo investigation at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-Vg0w-l_Oo . Recently, at the PRCA National Finals Rodeo, you see footage at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sul3w4mmlSY of the Vice President of the PRCA board shocking horses. One horse even went down and most likely died afterwards.
Please contact AT&T right now requesting they end all affiliations with rodeos and animal cruelty:
AT&T
175 E. Houston St.
San Antonio, TX 78205-2233
Phone: 210-821-4105
Fax: 210-351-2071
Corporate Resolution Group: RM-CERC1@ems.att.com
Randall Stephenson
Chairman and CEO
AT&T
randall.stephenson@att.com
Dolly Barentine-Morales
Assistant to the Executive Director of Sponsorships and Events
175 E. Houston St., Rm. 6-F-08
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 210-351-5014
Fax: 210-351-2186
db5398@att.com
Eric Fernandez
Executive Director of Sponsorships
eric.fernandez@att.com
Remember to stay firm but polite.
