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Advocates press board to ban 'steer tailing' as officials approve appointments, grants and ordinances
Summary
Animal‑welfare advocates urged McHenry County to prohibit steer‑tailing events and to stop issuing new permits; the board also approved an appointment to the Sheriff's Merit Commission, passed two ordinances and approved consent items including two grant‑related items after debate over small stipends for licensed volunteers.
Advocates for animal welfare urged the McHenry County Board on March 18 to outlaw "steer tailing" and to stop issuing permits for events they described as criminal animal cruelty.
Jody Whittaker, campaigns director for Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK), said her organization documented video evidence of repeated abuse at steer‑tailing events and urged the county to introduce an ordinance prohibiting issuance of new permits and banning the dragging or pulling of bovines by their tails for…
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