In 2019, rider Mason Lowe died from injuries at a Denver event where a bull stomped on his chest. In 2021, Amadeu Silva was killed at an event in California when he got caught underneath a bull.

Still, deaths persist. Most recently, Amadeu Campos Silva, a 22-year-old Brazilian rider, died after being stomped by a bull at a 2021 P.B.R. event in Fresno, Calif. The cold-eyed fury of the ...