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Activists want to end ‘mutton-busting’
Jan 2, 2018, 15:00 PM
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An animal rights group is calling on Denver’s National Western Stock Show to stop its popular mutton-busting competition.
The group, called Direct Action Everywhere, calls it cruel and barbaric and says sheep are often injured during the event. It says nearly 90-thousand people have signed an online petition calling for an end to the popular competition.
Mutton-busting features kids between five and seven years old trying to hang on as long as they can while riding on the back of a running sheep.
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