Kerry Carrie gets a no-prize on a leash for showing us it's a pet's life indeed:

Pet owners in a central Italian town must pamper their dogs, cats and birds and even show mercy to supper-time lobsters or face fines as high as 500 euros.

Sounds like something Singapore would pull to me. Now, I'm all for making sure people take good care of their animals (my wife is absolutely draconian, as a recent drama has proven), but I'm not sure you can show mercy to a bug that crawls on the bottom of the ocean. I mean, how else do you off a lobster while making sure it stays edible?

Update Carrie. Carrie. Carrie. Carrie. I blame the Democrats for that one!