Shape-Shifting Donkey Prostitute Strikes Again
She turned into a donkey just before police arrived, it appears.
Animal Law
Further Reactions to the Turtle Code Controversy
I want to end this week with one more follow-up on last week’s revelation that the new set of federal insurance billing codes has some real gems in it, the most puzzling to me being the code for “struck by…
Greased-Pig Contests Illegal in Minnesota
343.36 GREASED PIG CONTESTS AND TURKEY SCRAMBLES No person shall operate, run or participate in a contest, game, or other like activity, in which a pig, greased, oiled or otherwise, is released and wherein the object is the capture of…
Bad News for Those in Quest of Roadkill
In May, I reported that it looked like it would soon be legal in Illinois to take or possess "fur-bearing mammals found dead or unintentionally killed by a vehicle along a roadway," given that the state Senate had just passed the…
Warning: Visitors May Be Eaten
Sooner or later, the Lujan Zoo in Argentina is going to get around to providing an excellent demonstration of how evolution works. This is not necessarily because the zoo does a good job of explaining the science behind it, but…
In Defense of Monkey Copyright [Updated]
Thanks for your responses to my question about who if anyone owns the legal rights to a monkey photographer's work. The responses varied, although none were too favorable to the monkey. Here are some thoughts, with the disclaimer that I'm…
Battle Over Monkey Photos Begins
When I wrote last week about the legal issues raised by picture-taking monkeys, I was about to email the agency that appeared to be claiming rights in those photos to ask for comment, but held off because I suspected its…
Legal Questions Raised by Success of Monkey Photographer
Here's an excellent question (via the Legal Satyricon): if a monkey steals your camera and takes a bunch of pictures with it, who (if anyone) owns the rights to the pictures? After three days of hanging out with some crested…
Wrongful-Death Lawsuit Filed After Man Killed by Rooster
On Point News reports that the family of a California man killed at a cockfight in January has sued the owner of the property where the fight took place. This would probably not be news except that, as you may…
Quentin Tarantino Settles Angry-Birds Case
He complained of the birds’ “pterodactyl-like screams.”