LISA L. COLANGELO writes in the DAILY NEWS: “A rooster with no sense of time or decorum has finally been caught in Brooklyn – giving the good people of Dean St. some much-needed peace and quiet. Animal Care and Control officers nabbed the noisy bird yesterday after a breathless chase over fences and through narrow backyards.”
“Thank goodness, now we can sleep,” said Charles Houston, who has been plagued by the rooster’s serenade in the wee hours for months. “Take him far, far away so he can’t walk back.”
LINK: Cock-a-doodle-dandy officers nab B’klyn rooster [Daily News]
Thanks for the tip: Heather
Random: I used to do a volunteer project with that reporter. She’s really nice.
As much as I sympathize with the folks on Dean, I loved that rooster. It’s hard to beat waking up to the sound of seagulls and a rooster in the morning. Odd, but sublime.
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