From the Herald Country Market, based in Bourbonnais, near Kankakee:

McHenry County animal cruelty charges could spur crackdown on backyard rodeos in northern Illinois

“After an Aug. 16, 2025, Mexican-style rodeo near Woodstock, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation that led to charges announced Oct. 15, 2025.”

Six were charged with animal cruelity.

“Steer-tailing, also called coleadero, is a rodeo maneuver in which a rider pursues a running steer, grabs its tail and uses it to trip and topple the animal…

“Chicago-based animal protection group Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) has recorded and shared footage of multiple events in Will, Boone, Ogle, DeKalb and McHenry counties.”