In North Carolina, it is against the law to use
elephants to plow cotton fields.

In New York City, one is forbidden from shooting
rabbits from the back end of a Third Avenue
streetcar when it is moving.

In Kansas, people cannot shoot rabbits while in a
motorboat.

In Statesville, North Carolina, it is against the
law to race rabbits in the streets.

In Tuscumbia, Alabama, no more than eight rabbits
can reside on the same block.

A law in Detroit, Michigan, prohibits crocodiles
from being tied to a fire hydrant.

Donkeys are not allowed to sleep in bathtubs in
Brooklyn, New York.

In Baltimore, Maryland, it is necessary to
document any services performed by a jackass.

In Ohio, it is against the law to set a fire under
your mule if it balks.

In Arkansas, if your 2-year-old mule runs wild and
is unclaimed within 2 days, anyone may castrate
the animal.

In Marshalltown, Iowa, a horse will be breaking
the law if it eats a fire hydrant.

People can be fined, arrested or jailed for making
ugly faces at a dog in Oklahoma.

Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in
order to congregate in groups of three or more on
private property.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, dogs are prohibited from going
on private property unless the owner gives his
consent first.

In Chicago, it is illegal to take a French poodle
to the opera.

Dogs are strictly forbidden from riding in
ambulances in Westport, Massachusetts.

Wallace, Idaho, decreed it is unlawful for anyone
to sleep in a dog kennel.

In Clawson, Michigan, a law specifically makes it
legal for a farmer to sleep with his pigs, cows,
horses, goats, and chickens. But the animals may
not be in the house after sunup or during the
day.

Florida has a law prohibiting the transporting of
livestock on school buses.

If you live in Franklin, Kentucky, you can't
legally trade horses after dark.

In Alabama, no mules can be traded after supper
when the sun has already gone below the horizon.
And in Idaho, you can't buy or sell chickens
after sundown without the sheriff's permission.

It is illegal to lasso a catfish in Tennessee and
the state of Washington.

In Seattle, goldfish can ride the city buses in
bowls only if they keep still.

You cannot shoot fish with a bow and arrow in
Louisville, Kentucky. And you cannot shoot fish
with a gun in the state of Washington or in
Hazelhurst, Mississippi.

It's against the law to get a fish drunk in
Oklahoma.

In Kansas, you cannot fish with your bare hands,
while in the state of Washington, you can't catch
a fish by throwing a rock at it.