Something Fishy

Will neighbors start reporting people whose dogs look at little plump? Rome, Italy, has passed a new animal cruelty law. Along with measures banning the declawing of cats and the clipping of animals ears and tails for cosmetic reasons, the law mandates that owners walk their dogs every day or face a $625 fine. The law also bars pet stores from displaying animals in their windows and forbids goldfish from being awarded as prizes. Those goldfish must now be kept in a full-size aquarium, not a bowl. It also forbids construction that may displace colonies of stray cats that have formed across the city.