Thanks Kelly,

This is a fantastic gesture.

Posted by: Kevin | April 30, 2009 05:55 PM

I live in Calgary. This is GREAT news! I hate that darn Stampede..... it's a primitive disgusting display of animal cruelty. Thank you Kelly Clarkson for having the ethics and the guts to stand up for what's right!

Posted by: Karen | April 30, 2009 07:00 PM

I was just listening to her song "I Don't Hook Up" on the radio when I saw this blog.

Way to go Kelly!

Posted by: Curtis | May 1, 2009 12:45 AM

Thank you Kelly Clarkson, for stepping against the cruelty to animals. Hope this would inspire others to do the same.

Posted by: ragavan | May 1, 2009 01:26 AM

Thank you Kelly!

Posted by: Amy S | May 1, 2009 01:28 AM

Way to go Kelly! I hope some of your fans follow your lead.

Posted by: c | May 1, 2009 02:21 AM

Popular culture keeps us abreast on the every bowel movement of celebrities yet refrains from offering insight into their most fundamental and self-defining lifestyle creed of veganism/vegetarianism. Even as virtually every celebrity of note, from top to bottom, is a vegan/vegetarian (and lover of all things animal), we hear but piecemeal snippets. But much kudos to Kelly!

Posted by: MZI | May 1, 2009 07:16 AM

Way to go Kelly!!!! Thank you for standing up for animals!

Posted by: Michele | May 1, 2009 09:30 AM

Awesome Kelly...Thank You for standing up for your beliefs.
To me animal killing such as this, is Animal Cruelty, and they should be prosecuted..

Posted by: Sheryl D. | May 1, 2009 11:29 AM

Awesome!

I wish she would drop out of cruel Proactive ads( they get ingredients from suppliers that test on animals) and Dove ads. I wish she wasn't in a cruel milk ad either.

Posted by: Alicia | May 1, 2009 01:38 PM

You go girl!! Way to represent the youngsters!

Posted by: Amanda | May 1, 2009 03:02 PM

While I dislike country music, I do think this is a wonderful gesture for a celebrity to make. Great job!

Posted by: Joe | May 1, 2009 04:41 PM

Hey Kelly--
As a teacher, I try to inform the kids about what really goes on at rodeos. When I was very little, someone ran a public service spot on TV telling about cinching belts across the genitals of the horses to make them "buck". I am so pleased that you are refusing to condone this cruelty. Keep up the good work. By the way, your music is great too!

Posted by: Lori Haage | May 2, 2009 05:26 AM

Good riddens she'a a one hit wonder anyway.

Posted by: Mark | May 2, 2009 08:15 PM

And she is for sure not coming because of the conditions at the Stampede? Did she not perform in 2007? And 2008? It seems as though we are making an assumption here...

Posted by: Yvonne | May 2, 2009 08:26 PM

way to go kelly I am so proud that you had the courage to fight.

Posted by: kateyn | May 3, 2009 09:50 AM

Ok Mark and Yvonne.. who cares what you two say. And, high five Kelly!!! Mr. Mark thinks he's a man cuz he loves stampeds. What a moron.

Posted by: carla | May 4, 2009 05:52 PM

good for her i'm so happy she did that i want people to ask why and then they will be educated

Posted by: ashley | May 5, 2009 05:02 AM

wow you call us uneducated id like to see you come into my ag classes and lets see how educated you are on how things are done on the farm

Posted by: Brian Homann | May 20, 2009 05:04 PM

Thank you for not attending Kelly, sometimes you have to make tough decisions as a vegetarian and an animal lover - the Calgary Stampede is a licence to abuse animals for entertainment and capital gain.

Posted by: Carolyn Noel | July 11, 2009 10:09 PM

And yet she goes and does an ad for the got milk campaign. Well at least she's not a hypocrite. Oh wait.......

Posted by: Ian | July 14, 2009 08:20 PM

The horses, bulls, steers, and all of the other animals live better than most of the volunteers. Show me a Chuckwagon horse who doesn't get fed top-quality feed, doesn't have shelter, doesn't get exercise, and isn't exposed to other animals. Same for bulls, and all of the other animals at the exhibition.
I WILL admit that there are accidents, but they are rare. I've seen a grown man cry over the loss of one of his horses, and when I hear people say that the owners/ drivers/ caretakers care NOTHING for their charges, it makes me sick to my stomach. When those accidents happen, it's like a car crash, except I don't hear PETA mourning the deaths of teenagers who've been killed in a car accident. I have never seen one PETA pamphlet that says "Inuits kill seals because it's their main source of food" or anything like that.
I'd like to see the founder of PETA deny a treatment for an excruciatingly painful disease that was perfected on animals when she's lying in a hospital bed, her blood turning black and her organs slowly forming into shapeless mush.
I'm sorry, I seem to have gotten more focused on animals in general than the animals used in rodeos.
Oh, and get your facts straight- the animals (like the bulls) are brought in from ranches. They are free-roam, with plenty of space to graze.

Posted by: George | July 22, 2009 02:55 AM

Way to go kelly! You are by far a better role model than miley cyrus who did preform at a rodeo. Everyone should look up to you and see how even texans say no to situations like this. Your heart is absolutely filled with gold. With love from your biggest fan, Victoria Fisher or you can call me Beatrice Ryal. Pease out Kells.

Posted by: Victoria Fisher | October 13, 2009 01:37 PM