Chicken Ticketed for Crossing the Road

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050509/ap_on_fe_st/chicken_ticketed

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.

Kern County Sheriff's Deputy J. Nicholson does know, however. The deputy issued a ticket on March 26 to one of the couple's chickens for impeding traffic on a road in Johannesburg, a rural mining community southeast of Ridgecrest.

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Nicholson has declined to discuss the matter, but sheriff's Sgt. Francis Moore said chickens on the roadway have been a problem in the community of 50 residents. Officials didn't believe it could be resolved by simply issuing the couple a warning.

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The chicken's owners say they believe they were cited because they were among several people who complained that sheriff's deputies haven't done enough to control off-road vehicle riders who damage roads and create dust and noise in their neighborhood.

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1. ummm

okay. who was cited, the chicken or it's owners?

[Spinzonner]

2. Will they be cooped up if they're found guilty ?

[Ernesto]

3. Hey I posted this on Sunday & got NO replies.............

Guess that is what happens when there are no cubicle critters lining up to waste their employers time!

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4. and yet, if william pitt posted this at any hour, it would get 50 replies!

:shrug: