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Require rodeos to have
veterinarians on site
I share Mercury News Editorial Page Editor Ed Clendaniel’s concerns about sports injuries (“Damar Hamlin’s injury revives my love-hate relationship with football,” Page A8, Jan. 8).
But at least the footballers have a choice in the matter, unlike the animals in rodeos. All other sporting events have on-site ambulances and paramedics to treat injured players. Nearly 100 rodeos are held annually in California, plus hundreds of charreadas, the Mexican-style rodeos. The great majority don’t provide this basic care.
California state rodeo law, Penal Code 596.7, allows for an