Allegedly, a city law exists in Fairbanks, Alaska that states that it is illegal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.  That law is pretty reasonable.  After all, moose are big, and wild, and strong.  While they are not normally aggressive, it is possible to provoke them into charging, which would be a really bad [...]

And no, it wasn’t  because he had “Rio” stuck in his head for two weeks straight.  In 2000, a Los Angeles man sued Duran Duran because the band’s website had displayed his phone number to call for tickets and merchandise.  Cornell Zachary (one of those guys with two first names, or a first name for [...]

photo by asplosh In my search for the wacky, unexplainable laws in this world, I run across a lot of state and city laws regarding animals.  I’m particularly fond of the one in Denver, Colorado that says that it is illegal to mistreat rats. First off, I’d like to say that I agree with this [...]