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Residents and animal advocates urge NIU trustees to press public radio on alleged rodeo abuse
Summary
Four public commenters told the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees they have documented animal abuse at unsanctioned 'steer tailing' events and urged trustees to press Northern Public Radio and local officials to investigate and report fully.
Steve Hendy, president of Showing Animals Respect and Kindness, told the Board of Trustees that Northern Public Radio has published "errant and biased" coverage of steer tailing and has not examined video evidence his group provided. "NPR should report the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," Hendy said during the public-comment period.
Mike Kapliska, an investigator with the same nonprofit, told trustees the…
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