

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: BOSTON PROTEST RODEOS AT TD GARDEN JANUARY 2nd AND 3rd
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 02 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: THE SECOND DEMO IS JANUARY 3RD, STARTING AT 5:30 PM

WHAT: Demos to protest the cruel rodeo industry.
WHEN: Jan 2nd, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm, and January 3rd, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM 
WHERE: TD Garden, 100 Legends Way, Boston, MA 02114

Key Arguments Regarding Rodeo Cruelty

Animal advocates point to several practices and outcomes as evidence of cruelty: 

Tools of Torment: Devices such as electric prods ("hotshots"), metal spurs, and tight flank straps (or "bucking straps") are used to agitate and provoke normally docile animals into aggressive "wild" behavior. These are aversive stimuli that cause discomfort or pain, and the animal's bucking is an instinctual attempt to escape the torment, not a natural act.

Inherent Risks and Injuries: The fast-paced, high-stress nature of events puts animals at risk of severe injuries, including broken bones, torn ligaments and tendons, internal organ damage, punctured lungs, and snapped necks. These injuries can occur during competition, practice, or transportation.
Specific Event Cruelties:

Calf Roping: Involves chasing a young calf and jerking it to a sudden stop by a rope around its neck, which can cause severe neck injuries or crushing of the windpipe.
Steer Wrestling: A cowboy jumps from a horse onto a running steer's head and twists its neck until it falls, an action that has resulted in broken necks.

Team Roping: Steers are stretched in opposite directions by ropes around their neck/horns and hind legs, often causing them to be lifted off the ground and leading to injuries.

Transportation and Aftercare: Animals are often transported long distances in overcrowded trucks for up to 24 hours without food or water, as permitted by some rodeo association rules. When animals become too old, injured, or stop performing well, they are frequently sent to slaughterhouses.

Oh what's her dealLack of Strong Oversight: Rodeos are largely exempt from the protections of the federal Animal Welfare Act in the U.S.. Industry rules, like those of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), are criticized as being weak, poorly enforced, and designed more to protect human participants than animal welfare.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/boston/boston-protest-rodeos-at-td-garden-january-2nd-and-3rd/200029437888142
- **Event Categories**: rodeo, nonprofit, contests, performances, sports, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 47

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029437888142?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=boston-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Boston
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: TD Garden
- **lat**: 42.366265313761
- **long**: -71.061855554581
- **full address**: TD Garden, Boston Common, 126 Causeway St, Boston, MA 02114, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Laura Ray (https://allevents.in/org/laura-ray/1371937)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 02 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** TD Garden, Boston Common, 126 Causeway St, Boston, MA 02114, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Laura Ray
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** rodeo, nonprofit, contests, performances, sports, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about BOSTON PROTEST RODEOS AT TD GARDEN JANUARY 2nd AND 3rd ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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