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This poor couple from Gateshead have been told by their local council that they must get rid of their 2 pet hens as they are classed as livestock rather than pets or they will face eviction (see BBC news link below).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7926539.stm

Please please sign this petition to have hens reclassified as pets rather than livestock http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/GardenPoultry/

More details from petition creator

We believe that people should be encouraged to become self-sufficient as possible. Properly kept, domestic hens pose no nuisance to anyone.

The keeping of cockerels is not included as a right in this proposal.

There is also a Facebook Group for this cause http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=6898&post=24098&uid=55594908075#/group.php?gid=55594908075 PLEASE JOIN

HAPPY EGGS FROM HAPPY RoSAH HENS