Stupid Laws tagged 'animals'
Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
Location: California, United States | no comments
Any cattle that crosses state roads must be fitted with a device to gather its feces.
Location: New Hampshire, United States | no comments
Any person crippling, killing or in any way destroying a proud female dog that is running at large shall not be held liable for the damages due to such killing or destruction.
Location: Tennessee, United States | one comment
Any person who displays, handles or uses any kind of reptile in connection withany religious service or gathering shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). -KRS 437.060 (Passed 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1267a-1.).
Location: Kentucky, United States | one comment
Anyone can keep their cow on Main Street downtown at a cost of 3 cents per day.
Location: Wayland, Michigan | no comments
Anyone may let their sheep and cows graze in the public gardens/commons at any time except Sundays.
Location: Boston, Massachusetts | no comments
At one time it was illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole.
Location: Vermont, United States | 2 comments
Bars are required to stable, water and feed the horses of their patrons.
Location: Australia | one comment
Bear wrestling matches are illegal.
Location: Alabama, United States | no comments
Bees are not allowed to fly over the village or through any of Kirkland’s streets.
Location: Kirkland, Illinois | 4 comments
Before a man asks for a woman’s hand in marriage, he must be “inspected by all the barnyard animals on the young woman’s family’s property, to ensure a harmonious farm life.”
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina | no comments
Birds have the right of way on all highways.
Location: Utah, United States | one comment
Bitches in heat shall be confined.
Location: Clemson, South Carolina | one comment
Bridges must be clear of sheep between 6 and 10 am.
Location: Washington, DC, United States | no comments
Bullfrog hunting season has been permanently closed.
Location: Arizona, United States | no comments
Businesses must provide rails for tying up horses.
Location: Alberta, Canada | 5 comments
Can’t cut off a chicken’s head on Sunday.
Location: Columbus, Georgia | one comment
Cars are not allowed to scare horses
Location: Centerville, Ohio | no comments
Cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
Location: Ventura County, California | 2 comments
Cats are forbidden from entering cemeteries.
Location: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin | no comments
Cats are not allowed to chase dogs up telephone poles.
Location: International Falls, Minnesota | one comment
Cats may not molest cars.
Location: Fort Thomas, Kentucky | one comment
Cats may not run loose without having been fit with a taillight.
Location: Sterling, Colorado | one comment
Cats that meow in the dark will have their tails chopped off.
Location: Colorado, United States | 8 comments
Chasing fish in a city park is against the law.
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana | no comments