Now that the Maurice rooster is no more, Pitikok could well take up the torch of the defense of rurality.
Its owner, a resident of the very small village of Oursbelille, in the Hautes-Pyrénées, is indeed summoned on June 7 before the court of Tarbes to answer for the "abnormal disturbance of the neighborhood" caused by the bird.
“It all started in 2019. The owner of the neighboring house (…) who comes twice a year on vacation to Oursbelille, came to find me (…) to summon me to get rid of my rooster”, explains the “master” from Pitikok.
“There was conciliation (…) but it was a failure since the only solution that Mr. offers is that we get rid of our animal”, he continues.
However, “there is no question of it”, he assures.
"Once again, we have neo-rurals who come to the countryside, and who do not support or little, sounds that are natural", adds Stéphane Jaffrain, his lawyer.
6,000 euros in damages
The complainant is asking for 6,000 euros in damages and 100 euros per day of delay in the event of a possible conviction.
"For my client, it's a real suffering", justifies Anne Bacarat, his counsel.
"He has cancer, heart problems, tinnitus and he wears a hearing aid system."
In 2019, on the island of Oléron, justice authorized the rooster Maurice to continue his vocalizations.
The case had made noise that in 2021, a law was passed.
It protects the sounds and smells of natural environments: the sound of bells, the croaking of frogs, the quacking of ducks, the smell of dung.
And therefore also theoretically the crowing of roosters.
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