Steer Killed at the California Rodeo Salinas

SALINAS, Calif- An animal has been killed during an early steer wrestling event at the California Rodeo Salinas. Central Coast News crews at the scene saw the incident happen and said that rodeo personnel immediately surrounded the animal.

In a statement that was released by the rodeo, "The steer ran in front of the steer wrestler's horse, the animals collided and the horse of the steer wrestler stumbled and stepped on the steer's neck."

The veterinarian team loaded the steer on a "sled" to move it out of the arena and get treatment, but it died before reaching the edge of the arena, said Mandy Linquist with the California Rodeo Salinas.

Rodeo Veterinarian Tim Eastman said that he thinks the steer fractured its neck and he called it a "freak accident."

Central Coast News was filming in the area and caught the aftermath of the incident on camera. Several riders on horses surrounded the steer and someone even put their cowboy hat in front of our camera in an effort to try and stop our cameras.

The steer died during one of the slack events for the rodeo. When there are more cowboys than slots in the rodeo, they compete and post their times during slack times, which is generally held the morning of the rodeo or the day before.

If you would like to see the video of what happened, you can watch it in its entirety at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4G31vwYcm0

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Source: http://www.kionrightnow.com/story/22887918/steer-injured-at-the-california-rodeo-salinas

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