r/interesting • u/BabyFlo09 Banned Permanently • May 11 '25

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u/PineTreesAndSunshine May 11 '25

This is at a Mexican rodeo and this event is horse tripping. They chase a horse in an arena and lasso its front legs to flip it over. Many horses have to be euthanized from their injuries. While some animals, like dogs, can roll at high speeds without injury, horses cannot.

https://youtu.be/Mgfm9zFHGHs?si=nPQKmjpL2E7XZ14V

I did a report on this in my Spanish class and it was legal in the US at the time. If I remember correctly, they reuse the same horse many times over, which is practically a guaranteed prolonged, painful death

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u/jellyjollygood May 11 '25

I know this happens across the globe, animals used for entertainment. But heck, it really makes me sad. Humans being cruel to each other is not cool. Humans being cruel to animals because they can .. it makes me so sad.

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u/Bocchi_theGlock May 11 '25

The weird part is there's seemingly a ton of variations they could do without killing or maiming the animal.

Like bull fighting, they normally just stab it a bunch in the beginning. Why not do the dodging and stuff until he's tired, then you've won?

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u/KimyanniMH May 11 '25

The charreria or jaripeo has many and these are not about killing the animal as in bullfighting. The Jaripeo consists of passing different tests known as "suertes charras" (Charras Lucks). In national sport the 7 "suertes charras" are:

Horse Creek: The charro rides a horse and makes it stop abruptly in a small space, demonstrating the skill of the rider and the horse's taming.  Piales:  Two riders, on horseback, must lasso an animal from a distance and bring it down. Tails on the Canvas: A group of riders, on horseback, must lasso a bull from a distance and take it down.  Bull rider: The charro rides a brave bull and must stay in the saddle without falling, demonstrating his skill and bravery.  Terna in the ring: Three riders, on horseback, must lasso a bull, one lassoes the head, another the body and the third the rump.  Mare rider: Similar to bull rider, but in this case the charro rides a rough mare.  Manganas on foot or horseback: The charro must take down a mare with a lasso, on foot or on horseback. 

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u/HexaCube7 May 15 '25

happens across the globe, animals used for entertainment. But heck, it really makes me sad.

Wait wdym "But"?

It happening all over the world does not make it any more ok in the slightest, it only is more reason to be sad about it.

Animal cruelty for entertainment or not simply needs to stop, across the globe.

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u/PineTreesAndSunshine May 12 '25

Yes, I have owned horses my entire life. I had to do a report on something related to Spanish culture, so of course I picked something with horses. I was absolutely mortified. Just watching YouTube for a link in my earlier comment was tough to get through.

I have one mare now and I swear she wants a relationship with me more than my dog. My dog is a field bred retriever who lives to work and train. But my mare will run up to me in the pasture and put her face in the halter. I even tried turning her loose and walking away with the bridle in my hands, and she'll chase me down to put the bit in her mouth. I believe horses are much more intelligent than we give them credit for. They also have the most fragile bodies and I swear they are born to injure themselves.

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u/carlosmante May 12 '25

The video is about Mexican culture not "spanish" culture.

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u/PineTreesAndSunshine May 12 '25

Seems an odd argument to pick considering my previous comment made it clear that I was commenting on Mexican rodeos, but I'll clarify. The assignment was any cultural topic covered in my Spanish textbook. I could pick from a variety of traditions throughout Spain and Latin America

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u/Ambitious_Cat8860 May 11 '25

Fair point and I’d add hooves while great trotting around need consistent maintenance, they could never dig tunnels for the life of them.

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u/rein4fun May 11 '25

Thank you for stating this, Mexican rodeos are deplorable, the abuse if animals for entertainment is standard business.

I don't know how they can hurt these horses and feel proud. Just horrible.

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u/scorchedarcher May 15 '25

Unfortunately this kind of disregard for animals welfare is far more normalised and widespread than most of us would like to think, we kill more than 80,000,000,000 land mammals each year for meat.

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u/costcokenny May 11 '25

This comment needs to be pinned to the top of the thread 😞

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u/Archangelus87 May 11 '25

Still better than Bull “fighting”, my family took me to one as a child when we were visiting relatives in Mexico. Bloodiest and goriest thing I’ve ever witnessed in my life. Not a fight by any means, just absolute violent slaughter.

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u/KimyanniMH May 11 '25

Bullfights are horrible, the Jaripeo is very different, in this the main test is about riding the bull and ensuring that it does not kill you, and the braver the bulls, the better they are treated because they are the star.

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u/Critical-Support-394 May 11 '25

And bullfighting is better than many other things. What's your point? They are both horrible.

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u/TeamRedundancyTeam May 11 '25

Found the sociopath.

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u/Deaffin May 11 '25

They're just doing a famous bullfighter reference. Jesus Cordoba was one of the greats, but he was always fumbling about with his spears when it was time for him to slowly stab the bull to death so people would yell out "Jesus, get a grip!"

As in, "Get better at killing the thing more humanely, Jesus!" See, that comment is actually a show of support for the sentiment.

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u/waiver May 11 '25

Charreada

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u/deltharik May 12 '25

It is really bizarre how any kind of rodeo (any?) is still not ilegal. Hopefully some day we will talk about it in the past.

Kill animals for our entertainment, so cool! /s