Candidate Barack Obama in 2008 pledged to keep the ban on horse slaughter permanent. In November 2011 he and our lawmakers broke that promise.

SCOTTSDALE - Bridle in hand, 12-year-old Madison Marino guides Sassy out for an afternoon stroll in the corral at Horse Rescue of North Scottsdale. They’ve been together for two weeks now, and Sassy has become a favorite as the shelter tries to find the mare a new owner.

Bridle in hand, 12-year-old Madison Marino guides Sassy out for an afternoon stroll in the corral at Horse Rescue of North Scottsdale.

How many times have we heard the phrase “unintended consequences” in reference to government actions? Some actions have great intentions, but result in a major calamity.

Last week, food safety officials in United Kingdom, France, and Sweden found traces of horse meat in ground beef sold across Europe. Massive recalls and lawsuits are ensuing.

Kim Meagher no longer has the means to feed the retirees that live behind her Gilbert home.

Kim Meagher no longer has the means to feed the retirees that live behind her Gilbert home.

They come to her battered and bruised. One is blind. Another hobbled. Most are just afraid, unwanted, abandoned.

During the next seven months, a longtime nonprofit horse rescue facility in Gilbert will make a decision: Whether to stay in Maricopa County or move to Yavapai County.

During the next seven months, a longtime nonprofit horse rescue facility in Gilbert will make a decision: Whether to stay in Maricopa County or move to Yavapai County.

Parents, do you need something fun — and inexpensive — to do with your children during spring break next month?

"Get ready for a media blitz about how cruel it is to slaughter horses. The HSUS, PETA and other left wing groups never mention the flip side: Abandoned horses starving everywhere in the United States. Horses were raised for years for meat in this country in all of the Western states."

At high noon Friday, 38 honorary mail messengers — including one with the apt name of Garry Cooper — rode their horses into Scottsdale as part of the Hashknife Pony Express, ending a four-day, 200-mile journey that began in Holbrook.

At high noon Friday, 38 honorary mail messengers — including one with the apt name of Garry Cooper — rode their horses into Scottsdale as part of the Hashknife Pony Express, ending a four-day, 200-mile journey that began in Holbrook.

I’m writing to angrily condemn your glorification of brutal rodeos with your disgusting, Aug. 29 story “Trainer Speeds Recovery of Injured Rodeo Lovers.”

An undercover sting operation near Show Low in eastern Arizona led to the arrest of 16 hunters on suspicion of illegally taking nine bears, two elk, five mule deer and one Coues white-tailed deer.

The Parada del Sol was missing something Saturday — the sol.

“Kids ask all the time if our brown cows make chocolate milk, and they call our goats camels,” says Jason Crittenden, manager at Superstition Farm, a working dairy just off the Loop 202 San Tan Freeway in southeast Mesa.

May 18, 2004

Carol Inman is a gutsy gal.

The Mrs. and I pretended to be on vacation recently and dined at the Phantom Horse Grill at Pointe South Mountain Resort. It’s a little summertime game we like to play when we don’t have time to jet to San Diego.

For an easy and affordable way to while away our weekend, we’re looking to downtown Mesa.

DENVER -Landscapers were digging a hole for a fish pond in the front yard of a Boulder home last May when they heard a "chink" that didn't sound right.