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Turf Paradise to resume racing, extend off-track betting
Hold your horses – Turf Paradise is back in the saddle. Ten days after announcing that live racing would cease at Turf Paradise, and therefore off-track betting sites would shut down as well, the track said recently that live racing would resume in January.
Turf Paradise agrees to pay fees after concerns raised about track conditions
In response to concerns raised by the newly formed Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, Turf Paradise has agreed to pay over $150,000 in fees to ensure its track meets updated standards.
Wild horse rights advocates say 14 horses killed in Arizona
Wild horse rights advocates are calling on authorities to prosecute whoever is responsible for the reported killing of more than a dozen wild horses in northeastern Arizona.
Stop the horse slaughter pipeline
Too many horses are victims of theft, fraud, and brutality at the hands of “kill buyers,” predatory individuals who make their profit off the suffering of horses who have been discarded, abandoned, abused, or who simply find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Federal legislation bans slaughter of horses
Dear Editor: I am writing to you today because I support, S. 2006, the SAFE Act to ban horse slaughter this year. Slaughtering horses is completely barbaric and needs to... […]
Horses, handwriting and home sharing: Notable bills of 2016
Lawmakers this year filed 1,247 bills covering topics as diverse as campaign finance reform to protections for wild horses.
Governor signs bill protecting Salt River wild horses
A herd of wild horses living near Arizona's Salt River came a step closer to new protections under legislation Gov. Doug Ducey signed on Wednesday.
House initially approves protections for Salt River horses
The House has initially approved a measure that would offer protections to the herd of wild horses living near Arizona's Salt River.
House panel agrees wild horses at Salt River need protection
A House panel has passed a measure that would offer protections to the herd of wild horses living near Arizona's Salt River.
Firefighting in the Old Pueblo with Alex McNeil, Buck and Ted
This is Tucson fireman Alex McNeil on Old No. 1 chemical engine with his equine coworkers Buck and Ted in about 1906.
