The SPCA is angry that a traveling rodeo will visit the Old Port for several days in August, as part of Montreal's 375th anniversary celebrations.
The animal protection group is using Facebook to urge Montrealers to write to Mayor Denis Coderre demanding that the event be cancelled.
The SPCA argues that the NomadFest urban rodeo is inhumane to animals, subjecting them to unnecessary stress and injury.
.Anniversary organizers insist NomadFest has a good track record for animal welfare.