AUSTRALIAN Professional Rodeo Association boss Steve Hilton says he feels "one hundred per cent vindicated" after the RSPCA found no laws had been broken in the handling of an injured bull at this year's Warwick Rodeo.

The five-year-old Frank Biddle bull, Buckle Up, was at the centre of an animal activist complaint after it had to be destroyed because it broke its leg in the open bull ride on the Saturday of Rodeo weekend.

A statement released yesterday by the RSPCA said its investigation found there were no "definitive grounds" for rodeo organisers to be prosecuted under the State Animal Care and Protection Act, quashing the Animals Australia complaint.

Mr Hilton said while the finding came as no surprise he called it a "good result".

"It proves there were no acts of cruelty or negligence on the part of those volunteers who dealt with the incident," Mr Hilton said.

Organisers and volunteers found it impossible to get near the agitated Buckle Up inside the arena without risking their safety, and Buckle Up was eventually guided out opposite the rodeo chutes and yards where panels and a portable ramp were quickly brought in to get the bull into a waiting truck.

Buckle Up was then taken to the Warwick Saleyards and destroyed, after which Animals Australia claimed the beast could have been sedated first inside the arena.

Mr Hilton yesterday said APRA had met with RSPCA and Department of Primary Industries officers and had discussed the future option of using a "jab stick" to deliver a sedative to a similarly wounded bull.

However, he said such a manoeuvre would be extremely difficult to perform safely and sedative would be slow to work on an animal "with that amount of adrenaline running through them".

"We will look into installing a race and crush on that side of the arena in case something like this ever happens again," Mr Hilton said.

"But realistically it probably never will."

In his statement yesterday, RSPCA Queensland chief inspector Daniel Young said it took "nearly 30 minutes" for the bull to be removed from the arena for euthanasia.

"The incident was very distressing for all concerned," said Mr Young said.

"We also looked at the handling of the bull after it was removed from the arena and transported to another location to be euthanised.

"While we have received legal advice that there are no definitive grounds for prosecution under the Animal Care and Protection Act, we feel there is an urgent need to improve the handling of any similar future incidents."

He said RSPCA representatives met stakeholders from APRA and the National Rodeo Association and a leading
stock contractor.

"The discussions have been frank and honest and all parties agree there are improvements that can be made in the handling of animals injured in future events," Mr Young said.