Rodeo Truth

The Calgary Stampede is still evading questions about what happened in 2026.

One horse was seriously injured. Three other incidents raised concerns.

Animal allies are still waiting for answers.

Read more and take action on the Rodeo Truth website.

A new peer-reviewed study adds to the growing evidence that calf roping puts young through fear and stress.

Read the full blog post and learn more about how you can help animals in

https://rodeotruth.com/news-blog/calves-show-fear-and-stress-before-calf-roping-even-starts/

Another controversial Calgary Stampede has ended. But after the dust settles, serious questions remain about what animals endured and what needs to change before next year.

Animal photojournalist agencies were not permitted to enter and document the events, while animal incidents were excluded from the official live stream.

So, what actually happened at the 2026 Calgary Stampede? Rodeo Truth has gathered the key incidents and animal welfare concerns in a new update.

Read the full story and learn how you can take action for a kinder Stampede through the link in bio!

It happened again. Another incident has left a horse seriously injured at the 2026 Calgary Stampede.

During a Calgary Stampede chuckwagon race on July 11, 2026, a horse suffered serious injuries after two teams collided while attempting to round the barrels. The incident again highlights the inherent risks of chuckwagon racing; by far the deadliest animal event at the Calgary Stampede, with one death of a horse used in chuckwagon racing occurring for every 4.9 race days since 1986.

These are not rare accidents. Animal deaths happen at the Stampede almost every year.

In 2025, a horse named Rider suffered a fracture to his left-front cannon bone during a chuckwagon race. He was euthanized.

Again and again, animals are put at risk in rodeo and chuckwagon events for public entertainment. They can experience fear, stress, pain, injury, and death.

The Calgary Stampede does not need animal suffering to celebrate community, heritage, or culture.

A safer, kinder Stampede is possible.

Take action today. Use the link in our bio to urge government decision-makers and Stampede partners to work together to remove inhumane, dangerous, and deadly animal events from the Stampede program.

Want to do even more to help animals? Share this update with your friends, family, and community. The more people who know what is happening and speak up, the harder it becomes for decision-makers to ignore.

It happened again. Another incident has left a horse seriously injured at the 2026 Calgary Stampede.

During a Calgary Stampede chuckwagon race on July 11, 2026, a horse suffered serious injuries after two teams collided while attempting to round the barrels. The incident again highlights the inherent risks of chuckwagon racing— by far the deadliest animal event at the Calgary Stampede, with one death of a horse used in chuckwagon racing occurring for every 4.9 race days since 1986.

These are not rare accidents. Animal deaths happen at the Stampede almost every year.

In 2025, a horse named Rider suffered a fracture to his left-front cannon bone during a chuckwagon race. He was euthanized.

Again and again, animals are put at risk in rodeo and chuckwagon events for public entertainment. They can experience fear, stress, pain, injury, and death.

The Calgary Stampede does not need animal suffering to celebrate community, heritage, or culture.

A safer, kinder Stampede is possible.

Take action today. Use the link in the comments to urge government decision-makers and Stampede partners to work together to remove inhumane, dangerous, and deadly animal events from the Stampede program.

Want to do even more to help animals? Share this update with your friends, family, and community. The more people who know what is happening and speak up, the harder it becomes for decision-makers to ignore.

There is still time to Buck the Rodeo!

The Calgary Animal Rights Effort is hosting the second half of the Buck the Rodeo rallies this weekend, and you are invited to stand with animals used in rodeo and chuckwagon events at the Calgary Stampede.

This peaceful demonstration is focused on raising awareness about the harms animals face in events like calf roping, steer wrestling, bucking events, and chuckwagon races.

Upcoming rally dates:

📍 Victoria Park / Stampede Station
🗓 July 11 and 12
🕛 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. MDT

Meet across from the Victoria/Stampede C-Train Station. From the station, cross MacLeod Trail at the traffic lights. The rally will take place along the sidewalk beside the white building at the corner of MacLeod Trail and 17 Ave SE.

Signs will be available, and you are welcome to bring your own. Registration is not required, but it helps organizers plan.

When engaging with the public, please prioritize your safety. If someone is hostile, do not engage. Disengage and refocus on the purpose of the protest.

Stand up for animals. Buck the Rodeo.

If you attend or watch rodeo, look at the animals.

Not the spectacle. Not the crowd. Not the tradition. The animals.

In rodeo events, animals flee, buck, resist, struggle, or try to escape. These reactions are often treated as part of the show, but they can be signs that an animal is frightened, stressed, uncomfortable, or trying to get away from pressure.

Calves do not understand why they are being chased, roped, and thrown down. Steers do not understand why they are being wrestled to the ground. Horses and bulls do not understand that bucking is entertainment for a crowd.

They are animals being placed in situations that can cause fear, stress, pain, injury, and death.

Rodeo asks us to see their stress as entertainment.

We are asking people to see it differently.

Take action using the link in comments!