Rodeo Should Ban “Wild Cow Milking Contest”

Editor,

The Rowell Ranch Rodeo in Castro Valley is scheduled for May 20-22, 2022. According to the rodeo's website, they plan again to feature the cruel and blatantly sexist "wild cow milking contest," in which a cow was killed at the 2008 Rowell Ranch Rodeo (broken neck). Another at the 2004 June Livermore Rodeo (broken leg), which also plans to feature the event this year. Both left orphaned calves.

It is critical that the Alameda County Board of Supervisors re-agendize and resolve this issue before the May 20 to 22 Rowell Ranch Rodeo.

 –Michelle Setaro, Modesto