Victory Alert: Cruel Goat Races Cancelled!
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Following an ongoing campaign by our friends at Animal Liberation New South Wales and action from PETA Australia, the Roma Easter in the Country Festival has postponed further goat racing events until 2015.
This follows the news that Origin Energy and Qantas have withdrawn their support from the festival because of concerns over the cruelty of goat racing.
In the goat races, frightened goats drag carts and child “jockeys” while onlookers yell and scream. The risk of injuries both to goats and to human jockeys is extremely high.
The festival has now confirmed that it will be cancelling the goat races for the next two years and will review the decision in 2015. Origin Energy has confirmed that it will not support the festival while goat racing continues, and Qantas has withdrawn its support, stating, “Qantas shares the community’s concerns regarding the ethical treatment of animals”.
This is a fantastic result, and we hope that the Roma Easter in the Country Festival will enforce a permanent ban on these archaic events.
Posted by Claire Fryer
Anonymous commented: 3-11-2013 at 8:32 AM
Why are people so cruel? What have these poor animals done to you? I hate these people that are cruel to animals!!!!!
Deborah Sinclair commented: 3-30-2013 at 11:29 AM
Sensational! and thanks to Origin Energy and Qantas for being so compassionate and actually “getting it”, not like the other clueless companies out there that still support barbaric animal “sports”
Kathrine & Keith Walsh commented: 3-30-2013 at 1:48 PM
What good news regarding the goat races held at the Roma Easter in the Country Festival.
When first my husband and I saw the goat races on TV I was shocked that adults and children were using these poor animals for their amusement. It is such a stupid practise, apart from the cruelty involved. The people driving these carts must not see how ridiculous they looked on TV. Are people so insensitive to what is considered animal cruelty? It is no example for the coming generations.
Congratulations to Animal Liberation, Peta, Origin Energy and Qantas for a job well done. Lets hope that Roma Easter in the Country Festival will ban this form of cruelty for good.
Sincerely Kathrine & Keith Walsh
Suzi Van Der Kaay commented: 3-30-2013 at 6:57 PM
Its about time they ban this altogether, this horrendous & inhumane so called “sport”… Someone needs to be a voice for these poor animals and for the people who go and watch this kind of practice need to get their head read, how could you even consider such a thing…
pat cummins commented: 3-31-2013 at 8:23 AM
i am so pleased to hear the goat races have been stopped, well done to all involved
Anne Johnsson commented: 3-31-2013 at 3:31 PM
Stop this cruel treatment of goats now.It is unnatural and immoral to use goats in this manner.