The Los Angeles City Council moved forward Feb. 23 with a proposal to ban the use of electric cattle prods, spurs and other devices in rodeos.
The council voted 15-0 to request the city attorney to ban “electric prods or shocking devices, flank or bucking straps, wire tiedowns, and sharpened or fixed spurs or rowels at all rodeo or rodeo-related events in the city of Los Angeles.”
If the ordinance is approved, it could prevent rodeos and other shows from taking place inside city limits. Similar bans are already in place in Pasadena, Irvine and Napa County, as well as other cities in the country.
The original motion by Councilman Bob Blumenfield read, “Action to address inhumane treatment of animals at rodeos and rodeo-like events is long overdue.”
