Editing Steer roping (section)

==Animal welfare==
{{Further|Animal treatment in rodeo}}

Steer roping is considered controversial due to concerns about [[animal welfare]].<ref name="LeCompte2000">{{cite book|last=LeCompte|first=Mary Lou|title=Cowgirls of the Rodeo: Pioneer Professional Athletes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ApBAVdQBLpEC&pg=PA116|access-date=26 November 2012|date=2000-02-01|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=9780252068744|pages=116–}}</ref><ref name="BaxterSlatta2008">{{cite book|last1=Baxter|first1=John O.|last2=Slatta|first2=Richard W.|title=Cowboy Park: steer-roping contests on the border|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhzaAAAAMAAJ|access-date=26 November 2012|year=2008|publisher=Texas Tech University Press|isbn=9780896726420|page=4}}</ref> Within the [[United States]] it has been illegal in [[Rhode Island]] since 2001.<ref name="Curnutt2001"/>

Steer roping is recognized by the [[Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association]] (PRCA), but downplayed, mentioned only in passing at the official PRCA website.<ref>[http://www.prorodeo.com/eventcategory.aspx PRCA Event categories]</ref>  It is only held at some rodeos,<ref name=Britannica/> currently about 60 per year,<ref>[http://pendletonroundup.com/rodeo/steer-roping/ Pendleton Round Up: Steer Roping] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918182736/http://pendletonroundup.com/rodeo/steer-roping/ |date=2012-09-18 }}</ref> the annual championship competition is held separately from other championship events,<ref name=Britannica>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/564810/steer-roping Britannica.com "Steer roping']</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalfinalssteerroping.com/index.php Steer roping finals]</ref> and steer roping is not included as part of the widely televised [[National Finals Rodeo]].<ref>[http://www.prorodeo.com/Standings2012.aspx WNFR Standings by event]</ref>