Guest guest Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 BEIJING, Jan 24 (Reuters Life!) - Hundreds of chickens have been found dead in east China -- and a court has ruled that the cause of death was the screaming of a four-year-old boy who in turn had been scared by a barking dog, state media reported on Wednesday. The bizarre sequence events began when the boy arrived at a village home in the eastern province of Jiangsu in the summer with his father who was delivering bottles of gas, the Nanjing Morning Post reported. A villager was quoted as saying the little boy bent over the henhouse window, screaming for a long time, after being scared by the dog. " One neighbor told police that he had heard the boy's crying that afternoon and another villager confirmed the boy screaming by the henhouse window, " the newspaper said. A court ruled the boy's screaming was " the only unexpected abnormal sound " and that 443 chickens trampled each other to death in fear. The boy's father was ordered to pay 1,800 yuan ($230) in compensation to the owner of the chickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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