Chicken Ticketed fro Crossing Road!

[WynterWynd]

Chicken Ticket (http://humboldt.cox.net/cci/entertainmentnews/national?_mode=view&_state=maximized&view=article&id=D8A016EG0)

"RIDGECREST, Calif. -- Linc and Helena Moore may have finally learned the answer to that age-old question: Why did the chicken cross the road? Because the chicken doesn't know jaywalking is illegal."

[skyler]

I was about to post this!
That's just crazy :T

[JuniperSigne]

Maybe if they start ticketing all pet owners for their animals running in the road it will cut down on the number of pet deaths by irresponsible owners (although I would feel bad for the people who's pets truly are running loose accidentally). If your pet causes an accident you are liable for the damages so I can see the benefit of ticketing.

[Zoritsa_Nepenthe]

community of 50 residents Are all 50 residents on the road at once to make it such a big deal? :T

[bbnflpn]

poor defensless chickens, they need to be kept in a coop, or fenced yard so they are not in the street. like all animals. i dont blame them for beeing ticketed. so its a small community. more people will come eventually and that means more traffic and animals.

[demonique]

so its a small community. more people will come eventually and that means more traffic and animals.

Not necessarily, and in fact, not likely.

Note: I'm not disagreeing with the ticketing thing, or the fact that the chickens should be cooped. They should, for their own protection. But in a community of 50 residents, it's highly unlikely that the community will grow much (living in a rural community of 800 residents, I've seen this firsthand - most small communities these days only get smaller) and traffic will probably be scarcely a problem.

Then again, I can see the flip side of this, too - rural communities don't behave the same way cities do. People's animals are often loose. Chickens... not so much, due to predators. But likely, this isn't a one-time deal. Likely, these chickens have been loose for years, and in a town that small, everyone knew it and nobody bothered to do a thing about it until now. It probably hasn't even been much of a problem for anyone.

Likely, this *is* a response to the motorcycle thing from a small town's over-bullshitting sheriff's office (I work at mine, I know) and likely, ticketing the people who have the chickens isn't going to make them build a coop.

Of course, I could be wrong. :) In any case, I hope for the best for everyone and every animal involved.

[bbnflpn]

i see your point, i was only thinking that there is so much over crowding in other areas that sooner or later the small commuintys will have to grow. i dont think that it will be a fast change.

[AmbivalentMirage]

Oh my gaaaaawd. lol