Animals in the News - April 22

• Turin, Italy, has a new law on the books that require dog owners to walk their dog three times a day or face a tidy fine. And there's more.
  
• Who's the idiot who gave a South African zoo chimp a cigarette? (video: click on the appropriate link) Now the chimp is addicted to nicotine. Shame, shame, shame!
• Elderly lady in Washington state is arrested after agents find hundreds of wild birds dead or in a neglected state inside and outside her home. (Criminy, I may become one of those old ladies. Meaning well but overwhelmed with the number of animals to care for.)
  

All links from Yahoo! News.