He joins the late Maurice de l'île de Ré or the Pyrenean Pitikok in the circle of champions of rurality who upset some neighbors.
The Saturnin rooster, born in 2019, in the small hamlet of Villalbe, a countryside enclave located in the town of Carcassonne, was at the center of a civil hearing at the Aude prefecture court on Monday.
To the great astonishment of the family that owns the gallinaceous, a neighbor, inconvenienced and rendered insomniac by his song, wants to silence him and demands damages.
He even produced at the hearing bailiff's reports on Saturnin's nocturnal flights.
The other neighbors, themselves, attested that they were not embarrassed.
The court heard arguments from both parties.
He will make his decision on the fate of the rooster on February 16.
So is Saturnin really harmful?
Should he move?
“If this is the case, if we had to get rid of it, we would give it to an association for disabled children,” said Charlotte Voltes, its owner, to the daily
L'Indépendant
.
The family launched a petition to save Saturnin, and gathered to date nearly 2,500 signatures of support.
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