ChairMan wrote:

Your american ways are strange to us Canadians...

Really?

Yes.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...90I0JB20130119

Hundreds of animals removed from Ohio man's house

CLEVELAND, Ohio | Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:58pm EST

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Humane society members wearing protective
masks removed nearly 300 animals including pigeons, chickens and rabbits
from an Ohio man's reeking house this week.

Most of the animals are expected to survive including some that were
sick, Sheila Marquis, an officer with the Humane Society of Dayton,
Ohio, told Reuters on Saturday.

Workers on Thursday took away 60 pigeons, chickens and roosters from the
house in Huber Heights, a suburb of Dayton. They returned the following
day for 223 animals including 100 pigeons and 30 rabbits.

The sheer number of pigeons, which can carry airborne diseases, created
a health hazard inside the house, Marquis said.

Authorities were tipped off by complaints about a stench coming from the
property.

The animals' owner, who has not been identified, was very cooperative
and knowledgeable about the birds, which included homing pigeons,
Marquis said.

She said she thinks he just got overwhelmed taking care of so many
animals.

"He told us he took some animals from other people and other pigeon
organizations. That's how the cycle happens. He kept getting more birds
and building more cages," Marquis said.

The man will be allowed to keep two dogs and some cats living in the
house.

There was no word on whether he will be charged with animal neglect or
abuse, a misdemeanor for the first offense in Ohio. Huber Heights has a
ban on farm animals but does not limit the number of pets residents can
own.