Seven-time tie-down world champ Fred Whitfield was quick to slam the move on his Twitter account. “Calf roping as we once knew it is done in the prca #how sad,” Whitfield tweeted.

The Vancouver Humane Society's ad campaign to ban calf roping at the Calgary Stampede is getting the cold shoulder from the Alberta city's two major newspapers and a sister animal welfare group.

Regina Pig Save director Joe Kratz said the calf-roping event, otherwise known as the "tie-down event," has no place in a civilized society. "The calf comes out of the chute at a fast pace.

Organizers at the Chilliwack Fair will review their calf-roping and steer-wrestling events before voting in September on the fate of those events in next year’s fair. Following pressure from the ...

Rodeo fans see it as sport, but white eyes and bellowing are signs of a calf in distress, according to animal welfare groups. (Supplied: RSPCA) Di Evans, the senior scientific officer with RSPCA ...