Visitors walk past “Michael Jackson and Bubbles” by artist Jeff Koons during a retrospective exhibition in Paris on Nov. 25, 2014. (Jacques Brinon / Associated Press)
Nicholas Amodio with Bonnie. (Don Tormey / Los Angeles Times)
Clyde, one of Nicholas Amodio’s alligators. (Don Tormey / Los Angeles Times)
Katherine Emerson with Neil, her Vietnamese potbellied pig, in Sierra Madre in 2013. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
