FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Fresno County ordinance capping the number of roosters someone can own per property is causing a stir among the local Hmong community.

The ordinance will be read at the next Board of Supervisors meeting on Oct. 7 and, if passed, will be adopted into law within 30 days after that. However, the Hmong community says this new ordinance would threaten their livelihoods.

“We feel like we're being attacked. We feel like we're being silenced. We feel like we're being discriminated against,” a Hmong community member said.

“We feel like this is directed to the community. We feel that this targets our religion,” another Hmong community member said.

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