Rose Parade Float Upsets PETA

The city of Glendale will enter into the Tournament of Roses Parade this year for the 99th time. This year, their float features a circus elephant pulling a calliope. The design with the circus elephant was the idea that everyone agreed on. Everyone except the animal rights group, PETA. PETA protested and objected at city council meetings that this was promoting circus cruelty to elephants. "They do a good job, they do a great job. But I think, they're just taking it over the top," said Garry Ackerman, president of the Glendale Rose Float Association. Glendale was blindsided by the criticism, and they took a step back to evaluate. "I think for us it was a surprise to see the plight of animals, tied in with this float," said Glendale Mayor Laura Friedman...more