A Worcester city councilor wants the city to enact an ordinance to prohibit rodeos from using tools that hurt animals.

Council Vice Chair and Councilor-at-Large Khrystian King’s order calls for the creation of an ordinance that would ban tools of “torture, torment and any painful, injurious techniques or devices to induce animal performance at rodeos or rodeo related events within the city.”

King told MassLive on Monday he does not want to ban rodeos in Worcester and has been to rodeo events before. Instead, the councilor wants to find a balance where both humans and animals can enjoy the event.

“It’s really an animal safety measure and it’s a preventative measure,” King said. “To make sure that rodeos are safe for everybody.”

The council will take up King’s order on Nov. 18.

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