silly state law saturday: new jersey

Let's not think of New Jersey as stuck in a faraway time as far as their animal laws go. They're just being cautious, I'm sure. All in the name of animal safety...here, here! I'll toast to that. Please enjoy this week's offerings of ridiculous animal laws.

• Automobiles are not to pass horse-drawn carriages on the street. So leave yourself some extra time to get where you're going.

• It is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon. I'm supposing these are still used because it takes so long to get anywhere with all of the horse-drawn carriages in the way.

• It is illegal to offer whiskey or cigarettes to animals at the local zoo. Be sure to bring some tequila and a joint if you want to make friends with Jersey critters.

• In Berkley Heights, you may not walk your cattle on the street on Sunday. Please stick to the sidewalk. With all of those slow carriages holding things up, we don't need to add cattle to the mix.  

• All cats must wear three bells to warn birds of their whereabouts. A back-up to the back-up. Good plan.

Please join us next week when we take a look at New Mexico.

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Law information source: stupidlaws.com and dumblaws.com

silly state law saturday: new hampshire

Although New Hampshire didn't offer us much in the way of ridiculous animal laws, I'm pretty enamored with the regulations they do have. Enjoy...

• No bounty shall be paid on the head of a wolf unless it has its ears when delivered to the selectmen (Repealed). Feel free to sell the ears off to another party before turning in your wolf head, people. New Hampshire has seen the error of their ways. It's okay. 

• In White Mountain National, if a person is caught raking the beaches, picking up litter, hauling away trash, building a bench for the park, or performing other park maintenance, he/she may be fined $150 for "maintaining the national forest without a permit." Oh, we should have such problems. This didn't seem like an animal law to me at first, but then I'm thinking about all the animals that could benefit from a little good-hearted forest maintenance. Now we're fining our good samaritans? I wonder if a whole Girl Scout troop trying to earn a badge would be fined as a group, or individually. Sheesh. 

• Any cattle that crosses state roads must be fitted with a device to gather its feces. New Hampshire don't take shit from nobody.

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Law information source: stupidlaws.com and dumblaws.com

silly state law saturday: nevada

Happy Saturday, and welcome to another another edition of Well Minded's "Silly State Law Saturday." I've been a bit disappointed with the lack of material over the past few weeks, and Nevada is no exception. They do have a couple of choice regulations, but here's to hoping our dry spell is soon over. This is what I have for you...

• It is illegal to drive a camel on the highway. But what if I'm in front of The Sahara?

• It is legal to hang someone for shooting your dog on your property. And the problem is...?

• A multitude of exotic animals may not be imported, transported, or possessed, including viable embryos or gametes, but a permit may be issued if the species is being used for entertainment purposes. AKA, the Siegfried and Roy loophole.

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Law information source: stupidlaws.com and dumblaws.com

silly state law saturday: nebraska

We're over halfway through our silly state law states, now, and I've yet to encounter a state with no silly animal laws. But Nebraska only has one. Well, I could only find one. After scouring all of my resources, this is it, folks:

It is illegal to go whale fishing. That's right. No whale fishing in Nebraska. 

My geography might be off, but last time I checked, Nebraska may be the very most landlocked state in the country. Please correct me if I'm wrong. 

I apologize for the lack of content this week, but I'm at the mercy of the law. 

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Law information source: stupidlaws.com and dumblaws.com

silly state law saturday: montana

Montana, you're a strange one. I figured with all of the creatures roaming free that there would be some serious animal protection laws on your books. Perhaps we can call them that...

• One may not pretend to abuse an animal in the presence of a minor. Good law, but does this mean actually abusing them in front of a minor is acceptable? I'm going to give Montana the benefit of the doubt and two thumbs up for this one.

• It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone. So a sheep can't be alone in the cab of your truck because he doesn't have a driver's license or some such issue, or is it illegal for you to be in the cab with a sheep unless chaperoned by a third party? And if it's the cab of a truck, how are all three of you going to fit in there? And does the chaperone have to sit in the middle? 

• In Billings, no person shall raise pet rats. But what if they just show up? What, then? Are we to turn them away? 

• In Excelsior Springs, worrying squirrels will not be tolerated. Last week we learned that Missouri also has some very worried squirrels. What could they all be so worried about? Is this a nationwide epidemic? These poor dears need some yoga or something. 

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Law information source: stupidlaws.com and dumblaws.com