Gayatri Parameswaran, the author of “Bucking the Trend,” implies that rodeos are cruel, abusive, and stuck up towards the animals. First emphasized in the article is that rodeos/contestants are cruel towards the animals. “A cowboy mounted his horse. Right next to him was a small caged enclosure. As soon as the gate to the cage was opened, a timid looking calf came sprinting out. The cowboy riding his horse followed the running calf and lassoed it. In a second, the calf came crashing down to the ground with the lasso pulling it by the neck. Swiftly, the cowboy dismounted the horse, ran to the struggling steer, and in one quick movement tied its front legs and a hind leg together with his rope.” This quote explains that rodeos/contestants are
