People.com Lifestyle Pets Quick Hits: Mardi Gras School for Horses; Chimp Regulation These stories are worth a click. By People Staff Published on February 19, 2009 03:29 PM Share Tweet Pin Email These stories are worth a click: * New Orleans polices horses go to two-week Mardi Gras school to tolerate flags, drunks, bands, silly string and other scary distractions. – AP * Birders tallying species for the 2009 Great Backyard Bird Count. – BirdSource * Chimp attack renews push to ban primates as pets in Connecticut and nationwide. – MSNBC * Maryland decides not to ban letting your dog run free in the back of your pick-up truck. Yee-haw! – ZooToo * Chicagoland trainer sets up a pet food pantry for those hit by the financial crisis. – Chicago Tribune