To the editor,Welcome to Animal-Free Rodeos!Welcome to Dillon’s Animal-Free Rodeo! Animal-Free Rodeos are alternatively labeled as No-Animal Rodeos or Zero-Animal Rodeos.Several Dillon and Beaverhead County residents (high-school and college educators, ranchers, and business owners) urged me to begin publicly question-framing Dillon’s animal-free rodeo.Economic Questions. (1) How could the Chamber of Commerce / Jaycees organize and promote Labor Day Weekend, rebranded as “Montana’s Best Ever Biggest Weekend!” given our animal-free rodeo?(2) How could UM Western convert its traditional rodeo scholarships (and curriculum) to animal-free rodeo scholarships and launch its animal-free rodeo club (the nation’s first!)?(3) How could Dillon and UM Western ...
