Horse rights.

• Position: STATELINE - Horse tripping - Brief article

Arizona is looking at joining California, Florida, Illinois, Maine, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas in banning horse tripping, an event in some Mexican-type rodeos where contestants score points for tripping horses, bulls or steers. Although competitors claim that they are not trying to harm the horses, and that they bring a horse down only one out of every 10 tries, horses are often injured. "Horses break legs, necks and teeth. They fracture their...