“It’s ridiculous !” : who wants to nail the beak to the rooster Marcel in Morbihan? – LCI

After the rooster Maurice of the island of Oléron, which has become the symbol of rurality by going before the court, it is the turn of the rooster Marcel to find itself at the center of a neighborhood conflict, in Morbihan this time – this. Pierre Bellaigue, its owner, was ordered to make his gallinaceous disappear under penalty of a fine of 450 euros.

Following an anonymous complaint, Pierre was indeed visited by the municipal police. He doesn’t hide his astonishment. “I can’t understand, and then he doesn’t make a sound. Has he sung since we got here? In the morning, he sings a little but that’s normal”, he says in the TF1 report at the top of this article.

To defend himself, Pierre puts forward a law of last January which protects the noises and the smells of the French countryside. According to this, rooster crow is no longer considered a neighborhood disturbance. “If I am brought to justice, I will go”, assures Pierre. “I will not give up. If I am brought to justice, I will not kill my rooster. Poor beast, he has nothing to do with it”, he continues.

Located on the edge of the fields, the henhouse is surrounded by houses. But the neighbors encountered by the TF1 team support the rooster Marcel. “It’s a country animal. We are more or less bordering the countryside / city. We’ve been living here for three years, I never hear the rooster. Maybe once a week and again”, says one of them.

“It’s ridiculous! When you want to live in the country, well you have to support the countryside. It is not in the countryside to support people who come from elsewhere”, adds another neighbor. Pierre will not bend. Marcel will continue to sing no matter what. He hopes to keep it as long as possible. “He’s going to live his life. His fiancees are here”, he smiles. The rooster, which has become the mascot of the town, can count on the unfailing support of its supporters.