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Greening Hollywood: Genesis And Our Warm and Fuzzy Friends

Paige Donner | Posted 04.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Wyler Award, Baby Harp Seals, Portia Di Rossi, Genesis Awards, Ellen Degeneres, Oprah, Nigel Barker, Humane Society of United States, Brad Woodard, Emily Deschanel, Code 597, Mark Wilding, Persia White, Caroline Ziv, Jorja Fox, Reid Scott, Maggie Q., Peace Silk, Jennifer Coolidge, Wendie Malick, Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act, Billy the Elephant, Jarrod Cooper, L.A. Zoo, Oprah Winfrey Show, James Cromwell, Constance Marie, Oakland Raiders, Beverly Kaskey, Lisa Morin, Esai Morales, Seashepherd, Entertainment News
Paige Donner

Baby seals were the stars of this year's Genesis Awards which honor members of the Hollywood community for their activism in drawing attention to the inhumane treatment of animals.

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Odd Couple at the Zoo: Slash and Betty White

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pachyderm Forest, L.A. Zoo, Golden Girls, Elephants, Slash, Los Angeles Zoo, Betty White, Guns N' Roses, Zoo, Animals, Entertainment News
Brenda Scott Royce

Rocker Slash (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) and "Golden Girl" Betty White have joined forces to battle activists seeking to cease construction of the L.A. Zoo's Asian elephant habitat.

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The Rocker and the Golden Girl

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 02.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Slash, L.A. Zoo, Guns N Roses Slash, Betty White, Golden Girls, Billy the Elephant, Pachyderm Forest, Los Angeles Zoo, Entertainment News
Brenda Scott Royce

Few pairings could be stranger than rocker Slash... and Golden Girl Betty White. But both have thrown their weight behind the Los Angeles Zoo's new elephant habitat.

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Bob & Lily & Jack & Betty

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 01.07.2009 | Green

Read More: L.A. Zoo, Betty White, Bob Barker, Jack Hanna, Herb Wesson, Billy the Elephant, Zoo Elephants, Pachyderm Forest, Lily Tomlin, Los Angeles Zoo, Robert Culp, Nuclear Weapons, Animals, Green News
Brenda Scott Royce

Bob Barker appeared before the L.A. City Council, invoking the name of his best-known gig when he said of the LA Zoo elephant habitat's $42 million cost: "The price is not right."

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The Myth of the Wild

Brenda Scott Royce | Posted 01.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Animal Rights, L.A. Zoo, Free Billy, Elephants, Zoo, Billy the Elephant, Conservation, Animals, Los Angeles Zoo, Wildlife Sanctuary, Pachyderm Forest, Living News
Brenda Scott Royce

Most animal lovers would agree they'd prefer that exotic animals live in the wild than in captivity. But with our planet increasingly in peril, how many truly wild places remain?

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Celebrities Fight Huge LA Elephant Exhibit

AP | NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Bob Barker, Goldie Hawn, Halle Berry, Elephants, Animals, LA Zoo, Green News

LOS ANGELES — Kids can keep visiting Billy the elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo _ for now. The City Council on Wednesday delayed a controversial...

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