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'Backyard rodeos' spark steer safety concerns

suntimes.com · 4dShare

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below : We take you to the world of suburban backyard rodeos, where steers are knocked down and sometimes stripped of their tails. 🗞️ Plus : Decomposing bodies discovered at a funeral home, ICE threatens Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and more news you need to know. 📝 Keeping score : The Cubs beat the Blue Jays , 3-2; the White Sox fell to the Red Sox , 12-11. 📧 Subscribe : Get our morning newsletter delivered to your inbox weekday mornings. ⏱️: An 8-minute read TODAY’S WEATHER 🌤️ After some morning fog, mostly sunny with a high near 85. CHICAGO JIGSAW PUZZLE 🧩 Piece together history to reveal more about today’s photo from the Sun-Times archives. PLAY NOW TODAY’S TOP STORY 🔎 A rodeo rider in McHenry County holds a steer’s tail after ripping it from the animal last year. Showing Animals Respect and Kindness ‘Backyard rodeos’ under fire, with steers knocked down, sometimes stripped of their tails Reporting by Robert Herguth Rodeo POV : A man on horseback i

First report: Suburban 'backyard rodeos' feature steers being chased, knocked down and, at times, stripped of their tails — suntimes.com, 5d