Pittsburgh’s First Rodeo in 32 Years to Draw PETA’s Bull Defenders
For Immediate Release:
January 23, 2025
Contact:
Moira Colley 202-483-7382
Run it out of town! On Friday, a group of PETA supporters will converge on PPG Paints Arena—which is shamefully hosting the city’s first rodeo event in decades—to defend the animals bullied for human amusement and inform attendees that cows are tormented, maimed, and even killed at these cruel spectacles.
“Animals endure grievous injuries and agonizing deaths at rodeos just so humans can play cowboy,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “This event is a blight on Steel City, and PETA urges everyone to avoid rodeos like lives depend on it, because they do.”
Where: Outside the F.N.B. gate at the PPG Paints Arena, 1264 Centre Ave. (at the intersection of Fullerton St.), Pittsburgh
When: Friday, January 24, 6:30 p.m.
Why: Cows are gentle individuals who mourn the deaths of those they
love. Animals abused in rodeos are terrorized and provoked into behavior that makes them appear to be fierce and aggressive when really they’re reacting like any animal who’s in extreme pain. Bulls often suffer deep internal organ bruising, hemorrhaging, bone fractures, ripped tendons, and torn ligaments and muscles during these cruel events. When they’re too old or worn out to continue being used and abused, they are often sent to slaughter. The federal Animal Welfare Act offers no protection to animals used in rodeos, which have been denounced by every reputable animal protection group.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment or abuse in any way”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
