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the. rodeo riders preparing for their next contest. getting a grip right can make all the difference between potentially life or death. here in brazil they called rodeo the most radical sport in the world a. good band understandably so it has a long tradition here and discipline fictional school classrooms ones big problem pleasing spectacle. will promote them at the edge of their job was that what we promote them as extreme . athletes who are willing to risk all. for a fistful of dollars. see

how could i give it up it's rodeo that has made me who i am today. this is how their careers started chasing calves. it was the same for from london or vice as a child on this ranch. it all started as a game when we were kids we used to herd the calves in the cage. and when the adults weren't looking we used to ride the cabs. the farm workers son has grown up to be a rodeo champion even if he might not look like one it 1st class. he's one dozens

of competitions and is one of the best brazilian riders were and now he's a major contender for the annual world championship title. mounting guy in the south brazilian hinterland. half a 1000000 visitors flock to the agricultural show here every year including cowboys their fans and their future successors. the traditional cattle market is the genesis and still the centerpiece of the trade fair. but further along people are standing in line for the rodeo show the highlight of the mering got angry cultural show for from mundo this could be his ticket to the world championships in the u.s. his boyhood dream. the level. that i remember the agricultural fairs of my

childhood. i came here to see cattle and horses and of course the rodeo writers. now i'm one of them it's fantastic lego is but. here comes. the having tim and dating named research's sultan. or islamic state. the riders don't know which bull they'll ride. only 4 percent of all bulls are aggressive enough for rodeo competitions. they turn to a unit close to one time a draw decides which rider will mount which animal for not needs to win here in modern go to take part in the world championships in las vegas if you can master these especially fierce bulls to learn more points on the world ranking list. will do it this rodeo is a sport where you went on one day and lose the next general says yes but you can't

afford to think about failure. you have to conquer the ball mentally if you want to win the me. i will mental preparation is just one of the rodeo rider as tasks as the excitement reaches a fever pitch. the cowboy outfit his obligatory. lack that they use their knives to roughen the braided rough. night treated with resin to maintain a good grip for front undergo this procedure is part of his job. i have those ourselves only god decides which task is given to us and it's my mission to write goals i owe everything i am to rodeo. i was still a little the was the before the men's rodeo

starts it's the women's competition the pure speed rush was rodeo as a spectacle generally associated with the u.s. and mexico but nowhere will you find more enthusiastic fans than in brazil the country plays host to over a 1000 tournaments. take place at night there's nothing better than going to a rodeo with the family 6 i love it to me something. that i've been coming here every year since i was a child. think about it rodeo is an alibi as we brazilians our nation loves rodeo we love horses that's why we're ranches get. amid the hustle and bustle a silent prayer some on the protagonist's. gree

are done tonio with the blond hair has just recovered from a serious pelvis injury. that is a good friend to friend on dos the riders recite the christian lord's prayer together as they do before every competition. 2 that not. unlike god knows here can personally step in to protect the riders. he's one of 3 sign of the dice life savers. this is why i wrote columns as a young boy but then i got scared. and 8 years ago i met a lifesaver here who had nice to make himself a career in the us. and i immediately fell in love with this job. that i want to save other people's lives i see. it.

every time it's a gamble to see whether you can fulfill this with. the riders are ready to go. in the starting box the main glove has to be a perfect fit if it's too tight they could get dragged along by the ball. they have to stay on board for. 8 seconds then the bell rings. little. miss rider is made it. they're not allowed to touch the ball with their free hand otherwise they'll have points deducted. from a new post the lifesaver has his hands full. minute school yard start. his injured pelvis hasn't quite healed.

was a laxative or is have to prevent the worst we are gets away this time with just a fright. ah. the next rider was also handed one of the fiercest bulls in the draw. it's almost a miracle that none of them are seriously injured although cutting us does look a little worse for wear. we aren't comes in to help his friend out of the arena. it's the 1st scary muddy. next step is for nadal says. if he wins this rodeo he'll cash in on

a $7000.00 euro prize but much more importantly people qualifying for the world championship in las vegas where the winner earns $1000000.00. that could be the different on those worries. he's already the top earner among his colleagues because he succeeded in qualifying for key u.s. tournaments. fernando says he only managed it because he respects every ball. there are. a great dismount and almost perfect crime. he was a difficult ball he didn't turn the way i like but i have to handle that i think

the planet we're going to be getting. to one of the last riders on the 1st day is rafael across. the business who was left motionless. the lifesavers protect the fallen riders as. the party mood is over for no. second and some uncertainty. and relief as he signals he's conscious. the 1st day and so. it was a good 1st day for me but i have to do better tomorrow. for nanda was in the lead ahead of the finals maintaining his chance to compete in the world championships.

guys surrounded by vast cornfields loses brazil's bread basket. the countryside otoh frequented by the professional rodeo riders is right in the middle of the cornfields. they travel through the country together $35.00 weekends a year up and down brazil to places like this. so find a local. although as such rivals they're more like partners and often friends. that. rodeo brings us together they say. yes in the family this is our 2nd family where with our wives from mondays to

wednesdays but the weekend this is our family we are pals we help each other out. for not you. know i remember one time when fernando fell under a pole and i helped to get him out. the boat will kick me then someone else help me that's what i call sticking together. properly roeser comes in and joins them the rider who fell the earlier years to put up with all kinds of jokes. so. i'm going to go boy. them with another new i have no idea. them so i was unconscious. deep was an amazing i don't remember anything off trying call it box face but sports do you know but i reckon that's just part of what is the most radical sports in the wound. far away from the ranchers in the cities many people think rodeo is crazy. they see the sport not

as radical but as ruthless towards our most. the university of better order his own church is hosting a conference for animal welfare activists. the lectures are about neurological studies and the question of whether rodeo and kept chasing still have a place in modern brazilian society are they in keeping with the times. but who was a recipe for. newness insists that these traditions should be banned. thank. you my scare but all the bull suffered broken bones and bruising and grazed skin it's a common occurrence. in years i'm not the fact is they're disturbed behavior.

they are constantly trying to behave in an abnormal just to suit this event means but i bet most of us will not kill you mommy. among those attending this lecture is politician or a dino union or he's fighting for a ban on rodeo shows and wants to introduce a long way issue in the regional parliament. if a judge. who actually still defends these events as this is this is just the writers themselves and the people who profit to make money from the about this for days otherwise are zillions are increasingly against rodeo shows. the breeders of course see things very differently one of the major ranches for

rodeo bulls is in the federal state of south. the bulls are just getting accustomed to being enclosed in the starting boxes but the physical confinement and stress that all the stages of the tournament involves. the manager of the farmers responsible for $260.00 rodeo cattle he rejects criticism that rodeo bulls are subjected to greater stress. the bulls are fine with the rodeo all their joints and bones remain on heart. they're happy i'll show you then you can believe me. power always eager to show that the genitals of his bulls have not been harmed he demonstrates how the rope is strapped across the abdomen during the ride and apparently doesn't squeeze any delicate areas. doing this my whole life

i take care of the animals. at benny one can prove to me that rodeo hurts the bulls i'd be the 1st to give up my job. or. just talk but don't have a clue about how our business actually works. without rodeo here these bulls would have been slaughtered long ago. they get a special blend of feet. it's a high protein diet including corn and soy. the animals need a lot of rest too to conserve their energy for the brief but fears rodeo rides.

the value of a barrel that has performed well in the arena rises quickly. then the breeder gets more bonuses from the rodeo events. founded this farm he's the most successful rodeo bull breeder in brazil. he rents out his bulls for competitions depending on the ball he gets the equivalent of about $200.00 euros per animal. but it doesn't bring in enough revenue. money with the radio bonuses because costs are so high we have to pay for the van staff and in particular the bulls nutrient rich fate.

owns a range of feared. but only best ones bring in profits. at the moment he is only one such bull he. is the best in the whole of brazil. and has been at the top level for 6 years now. and that's twice as long as. he still is strong as a young bull. the vet comes by regularly to take a sperm sample from the bull. somebody asked to stimulate the bull from behind it's a routine procedure for the sperm bank. the objective is cross breeding the best animals

a good young bull can be sold for some 150000 euros. never doubt to see if. we crease our probability of getting a suitable product for the radio event. the aim of all our genetic measures is to cross breed the best bowl for competitions. the fiercest pollo ever owned was called bungee do. he died a year ago but over 2000 of his sperm samples are now available for in vitro fertilization. in a laboratory the best samples are selected and used to fertilize suitable egg cells this creates a higher probability of producing successful competition bulls. this is paolo's real business model. which in the past no one knew which specimens had conceived which volvic in our days with in vitro fertilization we know every detail we make

brothers cousins aunts and also crossbreeds among them we're always looking for a rodeo pole with marks and an aggression and which books the best is fit to hold the. good old rodeo has become big business here. its long become the type of sport where vets are just as important as the carboys and where managers want to extract maximum profits from their animals. and. there were a few daredevils are willing to risk their lives for a good show the. 2 rodeo is still a popular sport in rural brazil it's an event that brings the whole town together.

but for the following mediocre it's all about keeping his business running. and keeping an eye on his bulls performance making sure they stay healthy in an event that is becoming increasingly spectacular and increasingly radical. and you got me. in the past rodeo riding on horses was more popular but now it's bull road because it's more danger. yes. the bulls jump really high it's before they riot they are very calm a lot of it is that the but then it's a battle between the bull and the rider it's you all me one of us has to loose the war yet. learned a lot about. curtis it's not unusual for the ball to gain the upper hand in a very quick way. good. bye. to. the

riders are lucky if they get away with just a bruising. the breeding costs are very high so we decided to break the fiercest ones in vitro it reduces our costs by 60 percent. but it's worthwhile and it makes for a great show. i'm pretty excited now. to the. rodeo is particularly popular in parts of brazil were agriculture plays a large role. in many regions this is quite a recent development in the 1980 s. a large swathes of the amazon rain forest were cut down to make way for farmland.

to transoceanic a highway connects peru's pacific coast with brazil via the andes and the amazon and runs right through this region. truck traffic is increasing along this highway . as our cotton fields. and down just a handful. they stretch as far as the icons. seen. this is mato grosso home to the country's farming giants it could be described as the larder of brazil and that of the world. these cattle are destined not for rodeo shows but for export to europe and china. time that's never leave you in the best place in the world to produce food you have

to fold crops a year if you have enough rainfall and it's a good to great climate so you don't have a strong winters and oldest season is pretty much the same all year round so. hundreds of thousands of cattle chickens in the us israel girls manages one of the biggest farms in brazil right now it's cotton harvest time on an area the size of a major city. the last few months have been unusually dry but that doesn't affect the genetically modified plants. are saudis getting better year after year because of especially of precision ag planting where you do soil sampling in a whole field and then you put the fertilizer on has the soil needs it based on what culture you plan a plan soya and you plan cotton and therefore you use enough fertilizer and

chemical. other plants and insects die. the genetically modified plants and the controversial week killer agent life was sitting there supplied by month santo and its parent company buyer. the biggest possible profits are made on all sides. much of it also means the forest but that hasn't existed for around 30 years now. everything possible is extracted from the ground in this. bio ethanol is being produced for fuel. and this is the man who owns it all you know the mighty you know fronts so the son of a struggling immigrant from germany who found is eldorado here. the weekend $987.00 i started my own business with just $600.00 in my pocket. and i started selling cement and other materials. and then. then we

planted soybeans and produced bio diesel. years and. now we're the 1st ones to produce ethanol here and all the media. do you know is now head of the 3rd biggest agricultural firm in brazil and is very well connected including contacts high up in the government. there's a reason for as well but he manned for resources from eastern asia. most of merino soy goes to china. i feel that without bias it out of my business you need a major chinese investor has just got on board. plan. that was the chinese buy from us because we have a lot of space and farming area we are a major producer because conditions are ideal for farming. and we have plenty of

watches there with us to so as that. and those workers are cheaper most of them were lured here from the poverty stricken northeastern brazil to work in the agricultural heartland with his rodeo tradition they earn their monthly minimum wage the equivalent of $280.00 euros. for these expensive field stop is where other people have begun fine. ending new work earning a few dollars with what's left of the rain forest. bloggers seem to be everywhere in brazil's amazon rain forest although most of these operations are illegal they're not exactly conducted in secret.

the rain forest is visibly shrinking at the same time brazil's agricultural areas are growing unable in the country to serve the world wide need for food. and is on rain forest the world's biggest green lawn is also suffering in the far west of the country in the federal state of shock at close to the border with peru and bolivia. news which he does souvenirs from the workers union for years she's been keeping track on how international logging firms fell rain forests timber without permits fucking things the only ones who managed to get timber out of the region are big companies they're mostly not from our region as

far as i know most of the wood is taken abroad it's a small farmers who lose out when we need to ember we have to buy it somewhere else that had nothing. to. do is we sure has lived with and from the rain forest for as long as you can remember. she works as a rubber tapper she used to work on a plantation but today she works in a dedicated area of the amazon rain forest. using a special tool these slits 20 centimeters long grooves into the tree trunks. then they collect the sticky white latex out been there cops drop by drop. oil last daily i was born here and grew up as a rubber tapper just like my 7 siblings does not demand has fallen though and today

we only supply one condom factory that. the rubber tappers need an intact rain forest it's the very bases of their work it for years they've been fighting against the ruthless exploitation of the forests and against the large scale farmers looking for even more grazing land. bucolic calm of the brazilian far west is deceptive there's a brutal battle being fought here. anyone who interferes with the interests of the landowners can end up paying for it with their lives such as the assassinated chico mendez the legendary leader of the brazilian rubber tappers studios which you and your fellow campaigners are certain that the danger is just as big today for those who dared to challenge the powerful landowners. just because 4 people are afraid to

join our union. because a lot of previous members have been murdered. mohammed said scares people who does business there but i'm not afraid succulent day although i have already been threatened to out of. a man told me i talk too much just like the murder chico mendez and me just was this fall jim was good that we should mention just before we became. not everyone. has the energy to keep up this fight poverty levels are very high as well as dependence on state welfare programs. the same goes for the family of sort of a disorder. the familiar program allows me to go shopping every month and it comes as electricity and water nothing would be possible without the support. so early always has to calculate how fuel get through the month. since

her husband left she's lived in this tiny space with her 3 children this is also reality in rodeo crazy brazil. at the same time the pace of deforestation is growing by the year 3 d. which is shows us one of the giant amazon forest trees this fate has already been decided by the timber industry. here is another example where it's already been marked it'll be chopped down. this means fewer jobs for the rubber tappers and a smaller and smaller long for the world. we're back in modern guy a world away from the land conflict outside the city. the

agricultural show is mushroom into a fully fledged festival with over 1200 exhibitors. a mediocre is usually in attendance when his bulls are participating in the rodeo even if now he makes most of his money not from rodeo but from selling his best breed. i. think it's time for the grand finale the last round of the contest. the rodeo riders are celebrated like olympians because the games are about to begin. the in the lead is among those on the podium.

most of the rodeo riders are deeply religious. many of them have worked their way up from humble backgrounds i have riders like under the honor more times a rodeo superstar 3 times world champion and although not retired he's still the darling of the audience in brazil. and then. the thought i had ride in a nice space odyssey that. is fighting for the final i have for a single winner. on the ground 0 gives his backing to young talent like found not don't. know he's still got several minutes left and i'm guessing yes he's going to be at the low finals this deal let's have a test for the old 7 i believe so i this all is very good it's a bit bloated at least and is what this is which. but for now no needs or good 1st

run that. i. clean dismount with no points deducted. the and i know god i drew a good ball i made the most of my opportunity to get it but we still have the final round i. think comes arguably from mondo's biggest threat i the local hero from guy was perfect cry on a raging bull was.

other favorites don't fare as well. was. on the animal dies former world champion is also brazil's top rodeo functionary he wants to make the sport better know the way you promotes the right there is itself that links itself we don't promote them as that which is their job was it was we promoted them sticks trained them thinks that the right is for a cowboy in the stands. now comes where yard antonio's last chance at winning the tournaments. his rope is covered in resin. in the middle of the ride he loses control was he gets to the. he gets kicked hard by the ball. and despite getting back on his feet he collapses

a few seconds later. i kept. the reno holds its breath. until you're on i was worried. i. riad has to go to the hospital he's seriously injured. but tough call for fun and oh. he still has to do his final ride. as a stadium announcer says the show must go on. friend

under brad's the railing and loses a fight. but it's the local favorites turn. was this performance i. i. i the winners purse this tool box set and a prize money of 7000 euros. but now for an under one the other riders find out that their friend has died while still on the way to the hospital.

not the 1st and surely not the last man to lose his life in this radical sport. for the entertainment don't others. we are to antonio's death has shocked opponents of the rodeo 2. if you stay here that's the risk they take you can get injured or it can even end with someone dying in public at an event that is meant to bring joy but it turned into a tragedy you know it could be it's been a really set up to say well you're good enough that that's it for us from an

official to the say about you know society a lot of people are unaware or it's involved behind the scenes this that. the events are dressed up as amazing spectacles. but the suffering behind it is affecting more and more people who are against days i suppose to assist those who put out this if we wanted to give this no dignity in this the right as think they can become big champions and the manager has seller does if it were a normal sport as if it was suck little swimming while the sports chief when they says it's basics it's a ball not the same. shortly afterwards along with his wife and daughter hundreds of fellow riders more we are on time. you.

can under has decided to take a break from rodeo riding. working with his extended family and his parents ranch he tries to process his friends down. it's a feeling that threatens him too if he continues. yeah . again because of. tournaments i came here to my parents' place i should or should get a cigar demo and then we thought it was 6 o'clock in the morning. my mother was crying like a pig a funny but i have. no i don't have this oh sure she asked me to finally give up rodeo just. but i can't discuss

a fuzzy you or rodeo has got me where i am today she go and shit will pop up does she and. the radicals poured in the wild west to brazil. kick off a. train is the magic number not simply to sleep good time secure only 3 points with a trio comes dull moment in come on come on time again scream and davison is in and does a little flashback in minds dr gupta kind of put on those clothes in the mean time by 11 dusty because functioning again shall south. africa.

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