Animals & the Law
Shooting these "in a barrel" is proverbially easy but using firearms on them in Indiana state waters, legally problematic
What are fish?
This species of bird is described by the shape of its beak, resembling something in your silverware drawer.
What is a spoonbill?
1979 advocacy organization with a mission to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system:
ALDF
What is the Animal Legal Defense Fund?
These bats feed only on blood
What are vampire bats?
This brass instrument is named for an Old French word meaning "long, tube-like musical wind instrument."
What is a trumpet?
Minnesota forbade contests in which this animal, "greased (or) oiled... is released & wherein the object is capture of" one
What is a pig?
In a 1995 episode of this "Science Guy's" TV show, he gave a zoological lecture on mammals
Who is Bill Nye?
1973 pro-animal legislation, protecting, among others, the Florida panther and the gopher tortoise:
ESA
What is the Endangered Species Act?
2-word term for a legal authorization to inspect a premises
What is a search warrant?
This is a small griddle bread, originating from the United Kingdom that is similar to an English muffin
What is a crumpet?
You can own as many of these as you like in Calif. & enter them in a Calaveras jumping contest, but if one dies, you can't eat it
What is a frog?
HB 559 and SB 1004 strengthen Florida's animal cruelty laws and (perhaps surprisingly) were signed by this Florida governor
Who is Ron DeSantis?
1966 federal law regulating the humane care, handling, treatment, and transport of warm-blooded creatures:
AWA
What is the Animal Welfare Act?
The jury has reached one: It's from the Latin for "true" & "say"
What is a verdict?
**DAILY DOUBLE**
This request to do something is most commonly addressed to a government official, but at Barry, you can have one of these "for variance"
What is a petition?
New York City says horses that do this, popular with tourists & couples in Central Park, get 5 weeks of vacation a year
What is draw a buggy?
In the Lion King, Zazu was this small bird with blue feathers and a bright red beak.
What is a hornbill?
This non-profit founded in 1866 used the song "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan to elicit sympathy for its cause:
ASPCA
What is the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?
3 words: "the time within which a lawsuit must be filed"
What is the statute of limitations?
This pet that developed from the greyhound sounds like a song by the group Devo.
What is a Whippet?
This state that had a famous Monkey Trial in 1925 lets you keep a pet monkey, but not a baboon
What is Tennessee?
**DAILY DOUBLE**
These rhyming pieces of legislation penalize undercover filming inside agricultural and livestock facilities without the owner's explicit consent.
What are ag-gag laws?
1970 procedural statute requiring a major federal action that significantly affects the quality of the environment:
NEPA
What is the National Environmental Policy Act?
By definition, it's any mammal that has hooves
What is an ungulate?
This is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure
What is a parapet?