Republican John Cox says he wants to make “big beastly changes” to the way “Pretty Boy” Gavin Newsom is running California. But his use of a Kodiak bear as a living prop at campaign events has drawn fire from an animal rights group.
Screenshot from a John Cox for Governor ad posted to johncox.com.
SAN DIEGO (CN) Not content with just dubbing himself the “nicest, smartest beast you’ll ever meet in California,” gubernatorial candidate John Cox brought a Kodiak bear on the campaign trial a violation of local and federal animal welfare laws, an animal rights group claims in a lawsuit filed this week.