'Anti-social cockerels' on rise due to cost of living crisis, councillor claims

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A councillor left his colleagues gobsmacked when he raised the issue of a cockerel’s ‘cock-a-doodle-doo’ during a debate on East Ayrshire Council’s anti-social behaviour strategy. ‌

Members had been discussing the draft Anti-Social Behaviour Strategy when Councillor Barry Douglas raised the issue of dog noise, and the powers to deal with owners who use animals to deliberately cause anti-social behaviour. ‌

But former SNP turned independent Councillor David Richardson threw a curveball to give an example of the complexity of the problem by talking about people keeping cockerels and hens. ‌

He said that in the post war years people kept chickens to provide eggs at a time when finances were tight – a situation that was returning as residents face the cost of living crisis