Deputy of the State Duma proposed to ban walking chickens in cities

Oleg Lebedev, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, proposed a ban on walking chickens in cities, the Podmoskovye Segodnya online publication reports.

it is proposed to consolidate the ban at the legislative level. Lebedev considers the fact of self-walking of poultry in an urban environment "more than strange."

“I can say that self-walking of animals is wrong, and we need to legally limit all this, because if a citizen bought a chicken, then he must be responsible for it, including before society,” the deputy noted.

The publication adds that the free range of chickens in the city harms not only local residents, but also the birds themselves: exhaust gases,. In addition, stray dogs can attack birds.

Radio Sputnik also reported that deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg will discuss which dogs cannot be walked without a muzzle.