Mexican rodeo: Animal cruelty, or proud tradition?

“Steer tailing is one of the most popular events of the Mexican rodeo — families cheer wildly at every successful knockdown — but miles away from this bucolic ranch and rodeo stadium near the Sunol Grade, animal rights activists cringe.

In the past two months, they have launched the latest in a series of efforts, now through legislation, that seek to regulate and eventually eliminate components of this centuries-old charreada tradition that is wildly popular among hundreds of hard-core urban cowboys throughout the Bay Area who grew up on ranches in rural Mexico.”

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