W.A. Ranches is a research facility about 50 kilometres northwest of Calgary. One of the programs focuses on studying the cardiac health of chuckwagon horses (not pictured) to watch for red-flags.
W.A. Ranches is a University of Calgary research facility about 30 kilometres northwest of Calgary. One of the programs focuses on studying the cardiac health of chuckwagon horses to watch for red-flags. Animals that suffer or die at the Calgary Stampede get lots of headlines, but there's a research program aimed at mitigating problems before they happen.
Another animal welfare professor and director of W.A. Ranches has been working with the Stampede for about 14 years. "Calgary Humane Society fundamentally opposes high-risk rodeo events like chuckwagon racing, calf roping and steer wrestling, as historically they result in the highest number of animal injuries and deaths," director of public relations, Anna-Lee Fitzsimmons, said in an email statement Friday.
"This research is very unique because rodeos are not a worldwide activity. But what's really interesting is that these results are applicable to many other disciplines or regulatory bodies," Léguillette said.
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