The Hollywood and Highland mall is going to be the site of the next naked-lady PETA demonstration, set to take place at noon tomorrow. The organization announced in a statement today that they'll be unleashing three "sexy PETA supporters" dressed in nothing but body paint (is that legal?) as a leopard, a snake and a cow. more ›

Bob Barker may have retired from his "The Price Is Right" days, but the former game show host continues to generously advocate for animal rights. Barker announced on Sunday that he will reach into his pockets and pay approximately $200,000 for the relocation of three African elephants from the Toronto Zoo to the 2,300-acre Performing Animal Welfare Sanctuary (PAWS) in Northern California. more ›

Allegations of animal abuse prompted an investigation into the elephant rides offered at the Santa Ana Zoo, and now several months after video purporting to show that abuse came to light, the Zoo has announced they will no longer offer elephant rides. more ›

ChromoLogic - with the aid of $8 million in federal funding - will test 32 Rhesus monkeys during development. The animal testing did not sit well with Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! (SAEN), an animal rights group that will protest the ChromoLogic Pasadena office today at 2pm. more ›

If you were planning to swing by Irvine and buy a new puppy, you may need to rethink your trajectory: the Irvine City Council just voted to ban the sale of dogs and cats in retail stores. The vote happened last night, and also includes a ban on rodeos and circuses that feature exotic animals, according to CBS News. more ›

California became the first state to ban foie gras back in 2004, but the law will not be enforced until next year. In July 2012, "duck liver cannot be served throughout the state if the duck was force fed, which is the method used by duck raisers for the liver to become fatty," explains AHN. Not all chefs are on board with the ban, though. more ›

The Glendale City Council endured much scrutiny for the city's circus elephant float, which serves as Glendale's entry in 2012's Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. The float features a carriage towed by a circus elephant. more ›

At Voyeur in West Hollywood last night, a red-carpet benefit event was held to raise funds for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles and Fur Free West Hollywood. Founded by actress Katie Cleary, it was called "Diamonds Not Fur." On the event's website, Cleary explains how the idea for the benefit came about. more ›

Entertainment elephants are a hot topic this summer, drawing droves of animal rights advocates, notably PETA, to protest Fully Charged - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's new show - and prompting the band Styx to protest elephant rides at the L.A. County Fair. Now Glendale City Council members are rethinking the circus elephant-centric float for Glendale's entry in 2012's Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. more ›

If you need another reason to love the band Styx, we've got one. All six members, apparently all animal rights advocates, sent a letter to James Henwood, President and CEO of the L.A. County Fair Association, urging the cancellation of elephant rides. more ›

August 3 marked a sad day for sea lions and animal rights groups. An injured adult female sea lion - shot three times - washed up on the Venice Beach shore, bleeding profusely and dead. more ›

An ordinance augmenting SB 917, the recently passed law which prohibits the roadside sale of animals plus increases the penalties for animal neglect, received unanimous support today. Council President Pro Tempore Jan Perry champions the effort, aiming to prohibit the purchase of animals on public sidewalks or streets in the City of L.A. more ›

Wednesday night's protest of Ringling Bros.' new show "Fully Charged" drew a crowd of approximately 100 animal rights activists, including members of PETA, to the Honda Center in Anaheim. The arena also endured a similar afternoon protest yesterday. more ›

Golden state animals rejoice! Governor Brown signed SB 917 into law yesterday which prohibits the roadside sale of animals plus increases the penalties for animal neglect. Effective January 2012, the new law makes selling a live animal on any street, highway, public right-of-way, parking lot, carnival or boardwalk illegal. more ›

On the heels of PETA's Ringling Bros. protest last Wednesday, animal rights activists have planned gatherings today at Anaheim's Honda Center to continue anti-circus rallies. more ›

PETA's recent protest against Ringling Bros. on Saturday, July 20, led by "The Biggest Loser" trainer Jillian Michaels, drew hundreds of supporters and succeeded in convincing circus-goers of their argument. more ›

With the leadership of exercise guru Jillian Michaels, PETA will champion an organized protest this evening at 6pm. Other animal rights advocacy groups will join forces tonight, including Members of In Defense of Animals, Last Chance for Animals and Animal Defenders International. more ›

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) snoozed through Monday night's moonlight elephant walk in downtown Los Angeles. Fresh off the train, eight Asian elephants arrived in Vernon around midnight, all performers in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus, as blogged by the LA Times. more ›

Day One's highlight is the sneak preview screening of Vegucated, a guerrilla-style documentary that follows three carnivorous, dairy-loving New Yorkers who adopt a vegan diet for six weeks. During their trial they uncover the horrors of animal agriculture and fight to expose an industry which they recently supported. more ›

Currently awaiting signature on Governor Brown's desk sits Senate Bill 917. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles (spcaLA) encourages citizens to contact Governor Brown in support of this bill. Bill 917 would make the punishments for those convicted of animal neglect on par with those issued for intentional animal cruelty. Neglected animals suffer from a lack of life's basic needs: shelter, food, water and veterinary care. more ›

Good news, gentlemen! PETA is an equal opportunity employer -- you, too, can promote animal rights using only your physical attributes. In a statement released today, the organization famous for enlisting the help of nekkid ladies to draw attention to its protests announced that it had narrowed down the finalists of its "Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door" competition to twenty people -- ten male, and ten female. Two of the men are Angelenos: Ryan Husk, and Nik Talyor. more ›

A PETA-packed punch to Pink Taco has yielded a pledge from the restaurant to never again use animals in events or promotions after the Century City location painted a live donkey pink and tied it to a post in 90-degree heat to promote Cinco de Mayo specials on Thursday. more ›

Animal activists (and humorless social network users) are calling for the boycott of Pink Taco in Century City after the restaurant used a live (but not talking) donkey, painted pink and tied to a post in 90-degree heat to promote its Cinco de Mayo specials on Thursday. more ›

Fois gras is on the menu tonight at Providence and animal rights activists are planning to protest, according to the LA Times. Providence is hosting tonight's fundraiser for the Bocuse d'Or USA Foundation, an organization that preps and sends the American team to compete in the Bocuse d'Or, a famed international culinary competition named after chef Paul Bocuse. Several celebrated LA chefs will be on hand tonight to offer their interpretation of signature Bocuse dishes and Animal Protection & Rescue League advocates are none too happy that foie gras will make not one, but two appearances on the multi-course menu. more ›

Former Price is Right host and longtime animal rights advocate Bob Barker has become the public face of a campaign to urge retailer Costco to stop selling veal produced under cruel conditions. The national organization Mercy For Animals launched the campaign, which involved obtaining hidden camera video recordings at Buckeye Veal farm in Apple Creek, Ohio, the supplier used by Costco for the meat. The video shows "baby calves covered in feces and chained by their necks in narrow stalls, where they cannot even turn around or walk," according to a release issued by Mercy For Animals. more ›

The City Council is expected to vote today on the appointment of Brenda Barnette as the head of the Animal Services Department, according to the Daily News. The vote follows yesterday's Public Safety Committee hearing, during which she continued to provoke concerns among animal rights activists regarding her stance on issues and her plan to handle the challenging role of heading up a department that has seen five previous directors in just the last decade. more ›

To protest the arrival of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus in Orange County PETA's Meggan Anderson stripped down and donned shackles to stage a protest, according to the OC Weekly. Said Anderson: "I'm here to expose what the circus is so desperate to hide from the public. These animals have been beaten and deprived of their precious freedom for a lifetime of cheap tricks." The circus begins at the end of the month at the Honda Center, and other protests are slated for July 28, 31, and August 1 there. A protest, dubbed "The Greatest Protest on Earth" is planned for L.A. this Wednesday, July 14th at 5 p.m., to mark the arrival of the circus to the Staples Center. more ›

Vivacious entertainer Charo will be the star attraction at a rally to be held tomorrow at noon on historic Olvera Street. The Spanish native will be there on behalf of PETA on the eve of Mexico's highly promoted bullfighting festival to raise awareness about the perils of bullfighting, and to air her new anti-bullfighting PETA video. Charo was raised going to bullfights with her father, however she has come to see how the entertainment is actually cruelty. "This animal doesn't need to be punished, just to entertain yourself and sacrifice this beautiful animal," says Charo. "Just to spend 45 minutes enjoying the death of a living thing is barbaric and has to go." more ›

After a two-month investigation of animal abuse at a chicken farms in Central California that led to of of the biggest egg producers in the state being singled out for mistreatment, Trader Joes has discontinued carrying eggs from that vendor. "The Monrovia-based chain said it wants all its vendors to abide by industry practices for animal care," according to KNBC. more ›

The use of sonar by the Navy off the shores of Southern California has prompted vehement opposition by animal rights and environmental groups, and earlier this year a court order put in place restrictions on the practice. However, reports that a dolphin's death in late January on the island of San Nicolas might be linked to the Navy's use of sonar in a training exercise has once again brought the issue into the spotlight. more ›