How do horses feel about being in rodeos? New University of Calgary study looks at animal welfare Bill 212 has the support of the Bird family in Nanton, Alta.
Logan Bird is a Canadian champion tie-down roper, but for the last year he’s only been able to compete in the United States.“We all lost our jobs, going on 12 months now,” Logan said. “I stayed in Canada last summer, hopeful that it would open up and we’d have something, but it never happened so in November I came to the States.”Bird is currently in Texas preparing for a rodeo event in Fort Worth.
His father, Manerd Bird — a rodeo stock contractor — is working in Arizona.Manerd Bird says he’s hopeful he’ll be able to work in Alberta again soon.“It’s really time to put rodeo back on.