Tommy Lee Asks Canada to Chuck Deadly Chuckwagon Races

When Tommy Lee hits the stage tonight
in Calgary, Alberta, there may be a special guest in the audience to watch him
drum upside down: Alison Redford, the premier of Alberta. Tommy invited her to
the Mötley Crüe concert so that she could experience a “really wild show”
that doesn’t involve injuring and killing animals. He hopes to convince the premier
to use her influence to put a stop to the deadly chuckwagon races at the annual
Calgary Stampede. 

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In the
races, teams of horses are made to pull “pioneer wagons” around a
track at breakneck speeds. They often collide with each other or the wagons,
and more than a dozen
horses have died in the event since
2009. Even after Calgary Stampede officials passed new rules last year that
were intended to make the races safer for horses, three horses still sustained crippling injuries and had to be
euthanized. Tommy is all for having a wild and crazy time but not when animals
have to die for it.

The horses forced into the chuckwagon races die of heart attacks, broken
necks, broken legs, and other injuries,” he wrote to Redford. “It’d
be easy to get off on western tradition without this bloody spectacle. Dude, it’s
the old west, not ancient Rome!

What You Can Do

Join
Tommy Lee in asking Redford to put the brakes on the chuckwagon races and save
horses’ lives.