Dear Mayor Nenshi, Ald Carra & Mgr Bowen,
Please read the letter sent 14 Dec. 2012 to Animal & Bylaw Services, requesting the reintroduction of the Urban Hen Egg Laying Pilot Project.
The volume of the City of Calgary official policy that supports both the concept of a pilot project and the removal of the bylaw against egg laying hens is simply enormous.
"The Urban Hen Egg Laying Pilot Project will align the City of Calgary with its numerous guiding/vision documents (imagineCalgary, Food Assessment & Action Plan, Fair Calgary, 2020 Sustainability Direction, et al) that support a local, sustainable, healthy food system and the tenets of food justice, food security and the right to food for all Calgarians."
Link: http://www.calgary.ca/CA/cmo/Pages/Office-of-Sustainability.aspx
On behalf of the members of CLUCK, I request that you support reintroducing the Urban Hen Egg Laying Pilot Project.
For your consideration and action,
Paul Hughes
CLUCK
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Subject: Urban Hen Egg Laying Pilot Project: Resurrection
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:54:43 -0700
From: Paul
Reply-To: paul
Organization: CLUCK
To: Andrew Bissett & Paul Hughes
Hi Andrew,
I'm requesting that you discuss with Tracey Birch the reintroduction of this pilot project to the SPC/CPS Committee.
A tremendous amount of work has already gone into the design, terms, conditions, references, targets and governance of the Urban Hen Egg Laying Pilot Project. Most of this work (95%) was performed by Animal Bylaw via Bill Bruce (rtd) and his team. I encourage Bylaw to continue to show leadership on this issue and resurrect the pilot. You have my assurance that CLUCK members will willingly cooperate in the implementation of the pilot.
Perhaps more importantly, the Urban Hen Egg Laying Pilot Project will align the City of Calgary with its numerous guiding/vision documents (imagineCalgary, Food Assessment & Action Plan, Fair Calgary, 2020 Sustainability Direction, et al) that support a local, sustainable, healthy food system and the tenets of food justice, food security and the right to food for all Calgarians.
Link: http://www.calgary.ca/CA/cmo/Pages/Office-of-Sustainability.aspx
For your consideration and action,
--
Paul Hughes
CLUCK
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One of my worries is that I already have to put up with the noise of my neighbours' dogs, monster trucks, power tools, etc. How is the urban auditory landscape changed when you add the noise of hens?
Hens can produce 63 decibels of noise each, and be heard 25 feet away. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_chicken#Noise)
That means that eight of my neighbours would have the ability to have an impact of the noise levels at my house. And while I admire the enthusiasm of the pro-urban chicken folks, I'd like them to show that they care about being good neighbours and address this issue.
http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/Ahd3j/znno/AtbJl
Oprah raises hens
http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/blogs/shine-on/oprah-keeps-chickens-why-t-urban-farming-movement-203508866.html