Animal Cruelty

PETA Promotes A Vegan Diet With ... Animal Sex (NSFW)

The rebel-activists at PETA are known for using shock tactics to grab people's attention (ie. "Let's promote animal rights with women masturbating with asparagus!"), so their antics shouldn't surprise anyone. And yet, I feel dirty after watching their latest ad. For 46 seconds, animals--horses, rh ... More >>

PETA Bringing Factory Farm to UC Irvine--You, Too, Can Get Into a Pig Crate!

Over the past couple of years, PETA and its members have really stepped up its presence in Orange County, and it's about time given that the group's senior vice president, Dan Mathews, is a Costa Mesa boy through and through. But tomorrow promises to bring one of PETA's highest-profile campaigns yet ... More >>

Dina Kourda's Latest Animal Rights Campaign Sure is Fishy

Dina Kourda has turned up on this site extolling the virtues of a plant-free diet, warning of the negative environmental consequences of factory farming and damning a local restaurant that served foie gras. But the latest campaign by the board member of Orange County People for Animals, the Animal P ... More >>

Anaheim's Political Circus

PETA-Ringling Bros. war spills into Anaheim council chambers, where a circus-animal ban is proposed

Lorri Galloway, Anaheim Councilwoman, Seeks Exotic Animal Ban; Ringling Bros. Pushes Back

Most serious discussions emanating from the Anaheim City Council chambers of late involve bulls on parade, but Councilwoman Lorri Galloway carved out some time Tuesday night to talk about elephants on parade, calling for a city ordinance to ban the use of exotic animals within city limits. Though br ... More >>

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Angels Stadium Makes PETA's List of Top 10 Vegetarian-Friendly Ballparks

I haven't been to an Anaheim Angels game in about two years, busy as I've been. But I gotta head down there this year to check out that kid Trout. And when I'm at Angels Stadium, I gotta check out their vegetarian options.The motivation comes in part from PETA's recent release of the 10 most vegetar ... More >>

Newport Harbor High School Students Outed for Being Real Cut-Ups with Cut-Up Cats

I remember the first time my young self encountered a flip cat in the wash near my desert home. I took a stick to flip over the dead feline baked hard by the hot sun, saw the fat maggots still gorging themselves after having eaten half of "Whiskers" and ran like hell in fear.More hardening with age ... More >>

[UPDATED With Plea Deal:] Khuong Anh Nguyen Abused Momma Rabbit, Her 6 Dead Newborns and 5 Bulldogs

UPDATE, MAY 30, 9:21 A.M.: 35-year-old Khuong Anh Nguyen was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years informal probation after pleading guilty to a single misdemeanor animal cruelty charge. For keeping filthy and unsafe living conditions for five bulldogs and a rabbit in his Garden Grove backya ... More >>

Jaime Arturo Garcia Gets 5 Years for Setting Fires, Poisoning and Slitting Dog's Throat

Jaime Arturo Garcia--who pleaded guilty last month to setting fires inside his Stanton home and killing his dog Dexter by poisoning the 7-year-old dachshund mix and slitting his throat--was sentenced today to five years in state prison. The 31-year-old had copped to felony arson of an inhabited pro ... More >>

Jaime Arturo Garcia Admits He Set Fires, Poisoned Pooch Dexter and Slit Dog's Throat

Jaime Arturo Garcia pleaded guilty today to setting fires inside his Stanton home and killing his dog Dexter by poisoning him and slitting his throat. The Stanton 31-year-old could get four years and eight months in state prison at his May 7 sentencing after copping to felony arson of an inhabited ... More >>

[UPDATED with Jail Sentence:] Michael Stuart Patterson, Upset Over Barking, Attacks and Blinds German Shepherd

​UPDATE, JULY 25, 8:56 A.M.: 51-year-old Michael Stuart Patterson just couldn't take the barking anymore, so after kicking open the front door of his Mission Viejo neighbor's home while yelling, "I'm going to kill you, and I'm going to kill your dog," he confronted Honey on the back patio and, arm ... More >>

[UPDATE:] Michael Stuart Patterson Could Get 6 Years in Pen for Beating, Blinding Dog With Metal Rake

​Update, November 19, 2:33 p.m.: Mission Viejo 51-year-old Michael Stuart Patterson pleaded not guilty to one felony count of first degree residential burglary and one felony count of animal cruelty in the beating and blinding of a German Shepherd with a metal rake.Meanwhile, a neighbor says he h ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Masters of Reality on Their Inspirations: Catholic School, Isolation, Pubescent Psycho-Sexuality, Fear and Television

mastersofreality.com​UPDATE: If you missed Masters of Reality's show last night, you can also catch them at Brick by Brick in San Diego tonight, or House of Blues on Sunset Strip in LA tomorrow. For a band that's 29 years old, Masters of Reality's contemporaries in sound--Queens of the Stone Age, ... More >>

Man Loves Goat

The Chance's 'The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?' explores what happens when a seemingly decent man falls for the udder woman

As the Octomom World Turns

​Monday was a busy day on Planet Octomom. Nadya Suleman's fertility doctor, who may lose his medical license, announced he's seeking records from her other physicians, Suleman's landlord began foreclosure proceedings on her La Habra home, and Suleman announced via video she will not accept a $ ... More >>

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Olivia Munn Goes From Promoting Horse Racing in OC to Damning Circus Animals in LA

​Olivia Munn--the gorgeous Maxim model, Daily Show correspondent and Suck It, Wonder Woman! The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek author--appeared last night at a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' protest against the Ringling Bros. circus at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.It's a tes ... More >>

What You Missed: World Cup Viewing Parties, Dirty Little Secrets Burlesque, PETA Protest, Lilith Fair

Keith May​ Break out the vuvuzelas! What'd you miss this weekend? We were in Long Beach's 2nd St. visiting all the World Cup viewing parties, checking out the gals of the Dirty Little Secrets Burlesque (straight outta Huntington Beach!), dropping in on the PETA protest of the Ringling Bros. circus ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Kevin Michael Sianez, Ex-Cop Allegedly Defrauded P.I. Clients, Intimidated Critics and Sought Women to Screw His Dog

​UPDATE: Former cop Kevin Michael Sianez, who failed to show up for his Tuesday arraignment, turned himself in (updates throughout). After Kevin Michael Sianez failed to show up for his scheduled arraignment Tuesday morning on a 63-count criminal complaint that alleges the former Santa Ana and Sta ... More >>

Visit A Bar, Catch A Lobster... Maybe

Courtesy of CA Lobster Zone​"Have you ever played the lobster game?" "The lobster game?" "Yeah, the kind with the claw." "Is this some kind of sick pick-up line? If it is, you need more help than I can give you."

Should Animal Abusers Have to Register Like Sex Offenders?

​Megan's Law, meet Fido's Revenge.A bill winding through the California Senate would, if passed, place convicted animal abusers on an online registry, just like sex offenders, complete with home addresses and places of employment.

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Is Mexican Pride the Latest Casualty of the Country's Narco-War?

Activists Hopping Mad at Brookstone Hawking African Dwarf Frogs

Brookstone.comSticker shock, at your local Brookstone retailer.​Local animal activists have joined a national campaign blasting gadgets store Brookstone, Inc., which has five Orange County locations, for selling a most unusual gift: the "Frog-O-Sphere Ecosystem" with two live African dwarf frogs.S ... More >>

Rub a Dub Dub Them Elephants Are Tubs!

Photo by Keith MaySpray today, perform tonight.Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus scored a rare two-fer today, generating attention to what it considers generous treatment of its performing animals and butts in seats for a 12-day run that begins tonight at the Honda Center. Actually, make ... More >>

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Corey Feldman Scheduled to Attend OC Event for Animals

Who says the stars don't come out to Orange County? The Orange County People for Animals (OCPA) have snagged an A-list couple for its annual fund-raiser and write-in this Saturday night: Susan and Corey Feldman.That's right, the star of Goonies, The Lost Boys and Stand By Me, along with his wife and ... More >>

Because You're Ugly: Knitting in Biology 101

Okay, so I admit I never did get to dissect a lab rat or frog for high school biology—though, I did have my go at a formaldehyde-soaked mink and fetal pig, which wasn't nearly as disgusting as I thought it'd be—and I never did opt for the conscientious alternate assignment to write a 50-page res ... More >>

Trailing Me

I like the idea of bribing me with food in order to get me to pay attention to a cause. PETA, for one, would do better to give away free vegetarian food that tastes good rather than getting celebrities to act like idiots -- sorry, but I'm not gonna spare the poor animals' lives if it means eating d ... More >>

Comic-Con 2007: Barking Mad

Dear Satan, what the hell happened to Clive Barker? I interviewed him a few years ago for our late sister-paper New Times LA, and found him charming, lucid, smart, fan-friendly -- everything you'd hope he would be. Today, I don't know what to make of him. His croaky voice and odd manner initially ... More >>

Getting Medieval on Yo Cats

South County cat owners forced to leash pussies

The Muck Stops Here

Like,Gross!

Four Reasons to Throw Away this Issue NOW!

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