It is illegal to provide beer or any intoxicating liquor to an elephant.

The Law

The city of Natchez apparently had a run-in with an inebriated pachyderm at some point in its history, prompting this bizarre ordinance. Circus handlers and locals were banned from sharing their brews with the animals to prevent chaotic, tipsy stampedes through the historic downtown. While traveling animal acts are rare now, the prohibition on elephant day-drinking remains firmly intact.