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Gator wrestlers grab life by the tail
As birthday presents go, it showed a certain style and a lot of bite. Forgoing ties and cologne, Carrie McDougall gave her husband, Bill, something sure to make an impression. "I surprised him with alligator-wrestling lessons," she said. Now knee-deep in murky water, surrounded by cold, unblinking eyes, he began to question the wisdom of her thoughtful gift. "If something bumps your leg, don't move," warned instructor Drew Nelson. "Act like a tree." He did, though more quaking aspen than mighty oak. "C'mon, Bill, just go grab one of them!" his wife bellowed from behind a fence. "Go get one, honey!" A massive...
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Gator wrestlers grab life by the tail
As birthday presents go, it showed a certain style and a lot of bite. Forgoing ties and cologne, Carrie McDougall gave her husband, Bill, something sure to make an impression. "I surprised him with alligator-wrestling lessons," she...
'Keep Hookers off the Pier!' banner to fly over Manhattan Beach
A banner reading “Keep Hookers off the Pier! Ban Fishing” will fly over Manhattan Beach as part of a lobbying effort by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ahead of a City Council vote on the issue Tuesday night. In the wake...
Manhattan Beach extends pier fishing ban after shark bite
Manhattan Beach officials have extended a temporary ban on fishing from the city’s pier for two months, after a swimmer was bitten by a shark during the Fourth of July weekend. The temporary ban, which was instituted immediately...
After great white attack, PETA calls for fishing ban at pier
After a swimmer was bitten by a juvenile great white shark, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling for a permanent fishing ban on the Manhattan Beach Pier. Police temporarily banned pier fishing through Tuesday after 50-year-old...
Brad Pitt attack: Other celebrity ambushes, pranks and assaults
On Wednesday night, Brad Pitt was accosted at the glitzy premiere of "Maleficent," allegedly by the notorious red-carpet attacker Vitalii Sediuk. Pitt wasn't hurt in the incident and continued on the carpet before heading into the theater. This...
The day Swaps met his match
The focus on Art Sherman, with stories that seek to flavor who he is and how he thinks as he prepares his horse for a run at the Triple Crown, zeros in on May 7, 1955. A better date might be Aug. 31 of that year. In the oft-told...
City Council bans use of bullhooks on circus elephants in L.A.
Elephant trainers in traveling circuses will be banned from using bullhooks and other tools “designed to inflict pain” while in Los Angeles under new rules that the City Council approved Wednesday. Animal rights activists argue that...
SeaWorld cites Easter, not 'Blackfish' movie, for attendance drop
Attendance at SeaWorld parks dropped 13% in the first three months of the year, but park officials say they are still on track to report record finances for the entire year. SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.'s 11 destinations and parks generated $212...
Untapable wins Kentucky Oaks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A beleaguered Steve Asmussen, subject of a recent report that accused him of mistreating horses he trains, somewhat answered the criticism here Friday by saddling the winner of the $1-million Kentucky Oaks....
ACLU: Airport officials allows anti-SeaWorld ad at Lindbergh Field
Faced with a lawsuit by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority agreed to allow PETA's anti-SeaWorld advertisement to be displayed at Lindbergh Field, the American Civil Liberties Union announced...
At pop-up cat cafe in N.Y., you can eat, drink alongside cats
Cat haters, read no further. Cat lovers, rejoice. Your feline fantasy is coming true, in the form of a cat cafe. For four days starting Thursday, humans can hang out with friendly cats while eating, drinking and dangling feathery toys from...
Breeder in animal cruelty case banned from working with animals
The manager of an exotic pet breeding company where thousands of rats and emaciated and decomposing snakes were found in Lake Elsinore has been sentenced to work release and five years' probation. David Delgado, 30, of Rialto was ordered to...
Amid killer whale controversy, S.D. City Council honors SeaWorld
SAN DIEGO — Amid controversy over the killer whale shows at SeaWorld, the City Council on Tuesday...
Why kill PETA's killer whale ad?
San Diego International Airport sells space on its walls for advertisements of all sorts. But in a misguided decision based on a vague policy, it has rejected an ad from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals warning visitors to stay away from Sea...
Letters: Free Sea World's orcas
Re "San Diego hails Sea World with proclamation," March 19, and "A long focus on 'Blackfish,'" Column One, March 18 Forcing a multi-ton whale to live in a tank is tantamount to confining a 5-year-old child to a dog crate. The latter would...
Twitter madness: Record usage reported after Turkey blocks access
In case there were any doubts about Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s slide into authoritarianism, they disappeared in one fell tweet Thursday when the government blocked access to the Twitter social media site. Though in the end, the move...
Half of Americans believe in medical conspiracy theories. That's dangerous.
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate. That ... really shouldn’t be the question. But for some reason it is in America.
Letters: About those beef price stats
Re "Beef goes high steaks," April 9 In order to appreciate the article on the price of beef, it helps to know math and statistics. As a mathematics...
Reptile breeder ordered to pay $190,000 in animal cruelty case
A man who owned an exotic reptile business in Lake Elsinore, where thousands of rats and reptiles were found in appalling conditions, has been ordered to pay more than $190,000 in restitution, prosecutors said Friday. Mitchell Steven Behm,...
Alyssa Milano, media actorvist
When you've been working since you were 8, as Alyssa Milano has, it takes a special kind of role to get you really excited. Using your birthday to raise money for clean water in Ethiopia, for instance. Or hunkering down with the beleaguered in Kosovo...
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