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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...
Katie Couric marries John Molner
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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...
Untapable wins Kentucky Oaks
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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...
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...
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...
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...
SeaWorld shareholders won't consider PETA plan for whale sanctuaries
A procedural rule will keep SeaWorld shareholders from considering a plan by animal rights activists to invest in whale sanctuaries. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals tried to bring the idea to shareholders in response to the...
Denmark zoo kills young giraffe despite protest, feeds it to lions
COPENHAGEN — Saying it needed to prevent inbreeding, the Copenhagen Zoo killed a 2-year-old giraffe and fed its remains to lions as visitors watched, ignoring a petition signed by thousands and offers from other zoos and a private individual to...
'Gravity' dominates the 12th Visual Effects Society Awards
Alfonso Cuaron's stranded-in-space thriller "Gravity" was the big winner Wednesday evening at the 12th Visual Effects Society Awards in Beverly Hills. "Gravity," which stars Sandra Bullock and is nominated for 10 Academy Awards including the...
Oscars 2014: Kurylenko, Lutz model Red Carpet Green Dress picks
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Bill seeks to ban orca shows at SeaWorld San Diego
SAN DIEGO -- A state legislator from Santa Monica is introducing a bill that would prohibit orca shows at SeaWorld in San Diego. The bill by Assemblyman Richard Hershel Bloom, a Democrat, would make it illegal to use orcas "for performance or...
Proposed ban on orca shows at SeaWorld stirs anger in San Diego
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