Mardi Gras 2012 Celebrations

Brody, a Westie belonging to Vicki Rice, sits in a remote-controlled car at the beginning of the Mardi Gras Dog Parade, Feb. 19, 2012, at Baytowne Village in Sandestin, Fla. The annual event in this Florida panhandle resort community attracted a wide variety of sharply dressed canines and their owners and was a fundraiser for a local animal refuge. (Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily/AP Photo)