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Published on Thursday, May 15, 2008
By Phyllis M. Daugherty
The image of roosters crowing at early dawn is romanticized in film and art and in the memory of those who grew up in farming areas. However, anyone living in a modern urban community shared with roosters can attest not only to early morning crowing, but to an entire life punctuated by cock-a-doodle-doos that pierce the night and make sleep or concentration difficult, if not impossible.
While crowing roosters may be nature's alarm clock, city roosters respond not only to the rising sun, but also to street or porch lights, neon signs, motion sensors and other unnatural luminosity. Being who they are, roosters can always find something to crow about.
Los Angeles City Council offices and Animal Services receive hundreds of calls per month about crowing roosters keeping infants awake, negatively affecting neighbors' well-being, destroying property value and disturbing peaceful enjoyment of life all over L.A. The numbers are rivaled only by barking-dog complaints
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