Bull Rider Amadeu Silva Tribute

On Sunday, a young bull rider from Brazil was killed in Fresno, California by a bull. 

I posted about it in a post on how dangerous bull riding is and how some steps are being taken to make it safer. 

Yesterday, The Punk Rock Farmer posted this memorial tribute (with the above image) to Amadeu Silva on Facebook:

A few days before his 23rd birthday Amadeu Silva was fatally injured in a rodeo accident. Rodeo has its roots in Agriculture and still maintains that relevance today. Prayers go out to his friends, family and all of the PBR Family.

“Amadeu was a dreamer even before he started competing as a bull rider.

He was 7 years old when he approached a ranch owner in Brazil in search of work. Amadeu may have always been a somewhat shy little boy, but he was extremely polite and could become friends with anyone.

The 7-year-old had learned his family was about to be evicted from their home, and he wanted to see if he could help milk the cows on the ranch so that his family could live in an empty house that he saw on the property.

The owner approached Amadeu’s parents and asked if this was true, and he decided to give the family work and a home.

“His father told us Amadeu was born a man,” said Vieira, who was one of a group of riders who visited and prayed with Amadeu’s parents in Sunset, Texas, on Sunday night once the family was informed of their son’s tragic passing.

“Amadeu has always been responsible since he was young,” Vieira continued. “He always helped the family. When he started earning money he would come home and ask his mother, ‘What do we have to pay for? I have money here.’”

Check out this link to read about his life and passion for rodeo: https://pbr.com/.../the-pbr-community-reflects-on-the.../... #farmordie

1Armand Vaquer