Thursday, September 27, 2012

Group Requests Approval For Backyard Chickens

Raising chickens in neighborhoods is proving to be an emotional and complicated issue in unincorporated Sarasota County.
Melanie Yoder, a member of Sarasota Citizens Lobbying For Urban Chicken Keeping, appeared before the Sarasota County Commission Tuesday to share her story about how neighbors complained about their chickens and how hard it was to explain to her son Chaz, who has autism.
But she couldn't begin to get her words out, tearing up, waving her hand with emotion, letting her sister Lynnann Rak to take over and explain.
"We got turned in by a very upset neighbor, and our chickens got taken away, and somebody got very sad because … He's very sad because he doesn't understand where his chickens are. He can never understand," Rak said as she stood beside Chaz, who isn't sure where his chicken he name Opal is now, so he

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