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Swazi authorities ban noisy roosters
Authorities in Swaziland's capital Mbabane have launched a crackdown on cockerels amid a surge in chicken-breeding that is disturbing the sleep of the city's residents, a spokesman said Wednesday. Speaking to AFP, Mbabane Municipal spokesman Bongani Dlamini said authorities would begin to enforce a 40-year-old law that permits residents to raise up to 12 chickens with permission but no roosters. "We know that our people have been hard hit by the sky-rocketing food prices but that does not allow people to raise chickens without the approval of the council," Dlamini said, expressing concern that the city was becoming a farm. "After many instances we have found cocks to be troublesome and they end up making lives miserable for residents," he said. Artificial lights sometimes confused them, leading to crowing in the middle of the night that disturbed people's sleep. The law, he recalled, states that residents of Mbabane can raise up to 12 chickens in sheds after seeking the approval of the council but that cockerels are expressly prohibited. Posted by: Fred 2008-05-22 |
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