Steer Busting: The Most Deadly Sport in Rodeo (Updated)

The official name is steer roping, but most people call it steer busting. Read this and learn why.

The rodeo announcer lies about animal injuries and deaths very commonly, so we'll never know how many innocent animals have been slaughtered for the entertainment of people, or even if the announcer is telling the truth. However, we do know that the number of slaughtered animals in steer busting is the highest of any other sport.

At the 2004 National Steer Busting Finals in Amarillo, Texas, SHARK video-documented nine dead or crippled and likely doomed animals dragged out of the arena. A tenth staggered out while bleeding from the mouth. So much for these cowboys' claims of caring about animals.

Steer roping is so cruel, it isn't even allowed in most states! But does the rodeo announcer bother us with the information? No. This is what they said: "Steer roping is one of professional rodeo's oldest events, but it is held only at select rodeos because of its requirement for large arenas." That is just another rodeo lie.

The fact that the steer busting national finals are always held in a separate and remote location like Hobbs, New Mexico, when all the other National Finals events are held in Las Vegas, is almost a sure sign of it being illegal in some states.  

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