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Residents urge county action after alleged steer-tailing events; ZBA hears graphic animal-cruelty complaints
Summary
Speakers at the McHenry County zoning hearing described alleged animal-cruelty at unsanctioned steer-tailing events, urged denial of future temporary-use permits, and asked county officials to enforce a one-year ban on similar events at a named property.
During public comment, Jody Whitaker, representing the advocacy group SHARP, told the McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals she has documented what she described as repeated animal-cruelty at unsanctioned rodeo-style “steer tailing” events and urged county action to deny future permits for those events.
Whitaker said footage showed animals with broken legs, tails ripped off and other injuries, and she told the board organizers were selling tickets for an upcoming Sunday event at a property on Kishwaukee Valley Road despite an…
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