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Corinne Fesseau poses with her rooster Maurice, whose loud crows landed him in court accused of noise pollution, in Saint-Pierre-d'Oleron, France Aug. 31, 2019. (Photo/Agencies)
A French court ruled on Thursday that the rooster, Maurice, could continue his dawn crowing despite complaints from neighbors, in a case the French media has cast as a battle between the old rural way of life and modern values creeping in from the city.
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Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2019, shows Maurice, the rooster of Corinne Fesseau, whose loud crows landed him in court accused of noise pollution, in Saint-Pierre-d'Oleron, France, August 31, 2019. (Photo/Agencies)