Ricco lived in Boussieu, a French neighborhood just southwest of Lyon. His owners, Franck and Alexia, Charreton have been living on a farm there for 25 years. In 2018 they took the Haan. Their neighbor, who wants to remain anonymous, came to live next to them in 2021 and soon started to be bothered by Ricco’s cackle.
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According to the neighbor, the crowing of De Haan was overly loud and often also at night. The municipality made another attempt to mediate, after which the neighbor filed an official complaint. She demanded compensation of 4300 euros Plús the departure of Ricco.
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The Charreton couple did not pick. “We don’t want to renounce our rooster and change our lifestyle. If Ricco is no longer welcome here, we assume that we are not,” Franck Charreton told the French TF1.
The couple received broad support: a petition was signed by 34,000 French.
Ricco (left) and two chickens friendly. © Facebook / Le Coq Ricco de Boussieu
In 2019, a rooster was also the center of legal battle. A lawsuit about the crowing of Haan Maurice led at the time to a law that stipulates that the crowing of a rooster belongs to the “sensory heritage” of the French countryside, just like the leakage of a cow and the murmur of a sheep.
The only question is: where does the countryside start? In the Ricco case, the judge finally decided in favor of De Haan. Unfortunately for the Beast and the Charretons, he was killed by a fox just before the pronunciation.
The angry neighbor was sentenced to compensation of 2000 euros. She also has to pay the costs of 1500 euros. She can also wet her chest: the Charreton couple has already announced that it is intended to take a new rooster.