| There's a lot of urban chicken news this week:
In Calgary, it's a crime to be a "henvironmentalist." The president of CLUCK (the Calgary Liberated Urban Chicken Club) was charged with "Keeping Livestock." Isn't it sad, that doing the right thing gets you in trouble? Someone should tell that cop to go spend his time catching rapists and murderers instead of busting chicken owners.
Meanwhile, Cambridge, MA residents are fighting to save their ducks (and chickens). This week they had a public hearing to determine whether keeping poultry is "not an acceptable accessory use of our residential property."
Residents of Dunwoody, GA are also trying to legalize chickens. Their city council is split but the planning commission just voted unanimously in favor of chickens. One Dunwoody resident says:
In my opinion, the chicken thing is just one small piece of an important puzzle for making our city more economically, environmentally, and socially resilient in a changing world. To me, allowing chickens is a clear sign as to how ready a community is for a real discussion about long-term food security. |
