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Article Evaluation
Bucking in animals

This article about the behaviour of bucking seen in horses and bulls.

Overall, the content in this article relates to bucking in horses, but in a domesticated sense rather than in nature. There are some statements included in this article that do not pertain to the subject of the behaviour "bucking", such as; how a rider should react to this behaviour, solutions to this behaviour and consequences of bucking, all which relate more to how humans should handle a bucking horse more-so than the history and pure behavioural reasoning for the behaviour. It is hard to tell whether or not the article is up to date since it lacks an in depth history of the the behaviour.

The tone of this article is relatively neutral except for in the last paragraph where it seems to be opinion oriented. Statements such as " Horses that are chronic and consistent buckers cannot be ridden safely and if they cannot be retrained become unsuitable for any type of ordinary riding" have a one sided tone, and are more of an opinion than a matter of fact.

The sources in this article are a main downfall of this piece as there is only one included cited reference. This reference does not relate to the majority of the article as it it solely an article relating to an injury sustained by horseback riding. No other information in this article is cited, which is a major problem.

The talk pages have nothing but criticism about the article and sourcing. Some also challenge facts presented in this article.

Overall, this article needs further research into the history of the behaviour of bucking, and less on domesticated horses and how horseback riders should deal with a bucking horse. Many more sources need to be used in order for the information included to be current and relevant.