At the Animal Rights Conference in Los Angeles that just ended, we had a range of activities from which to choose. (For details about the event, please take a look at arconference.org .) During the day we were able to attend informative sessions with animal protection leaders, join in on “rap sessions” about topics of particular interest to activists, cruise the huge exhibit room, try out tasty (free) snacks, or watch videos. I had a taste of a new film, The Cove , which is scheduled to open