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Its rider suffered a traumatic head injury. In a single day, three horses died, including one that broke its back in the novice saddle bronc event. Over the next few days, a horse shattered its leg, another died from causes that are still unclear.

The Calgary Humane Society has taken the Stampede to task for what they say is cruelty masquerading as entertainment. Friends and family of rodeo athletes showed their support by holding up signs in the stands Friday, and every day Stampede officials had to find a new way to defend themselves. I'm a veterinarian and the last thing I want to do is hurt animals," said the Stampede's president and chairman, Dr. David Chalack.

For the first time in the Stampede's history, the chuckwagon races and the grandstand show were cancelled Tuesday night because of heavy rain and poor track conditions. Attendance numbers were all over the map during the 10 days of Stampede, including a drop of over 40, one day and increases of several thousand on others.

And then on Friday, Stampede-goers watched in horror as one of the arms of the scorpion ride came loose sending people crashing to the ground. Ten people were injured, six of them rushed to hospital. North American Midway and provincial safety officials are investigating.

While the total attendance numbers will be released Monday, so far 1,, people have visited the grounds. Do you have a piece of Stampede History? Stampede Royalty Parade Marshals. About the Calgary Stampede Archives. Historical Committee Contact Form. Stampede Posters Don Oelze.

Become a stampede insider Sign up to receive the latest Stampede news, contests, events and more. Sign up now. Main Reception Before the crush, visitors had begun spilling out beyond the grounds, which were surrounded with wire fencing, and on to the A59 highway, which had been closed to traffic but was kept open for emergency vehicles.

In the event, ambulances had difficulty reaching the grounds due to the number of people who had spilled on to the road to escape overcrowding. The Love Parade is one of the most popular music events in the world and prides itself as a peaceful event.

It began in Berlin in , inspired by the spirit of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and in its heyday in the s attracted 1. Questions had been asked as to whether Duisburg, a city of ,, was capable of holding such a large event, which suited Berlin, where crowds spilled across its wide avenues and into parks, preventing overcrowding.

This article is more than 11 years old. Crush after panic leaves at least 18 revellers dead and about injured at music festival in Duisburg. Revellers were crushed as mass panic broke out in a tunnel at Love Parade in Duisburg.