Recently, the man Rao Mouquan celebrated his 50th birthday, and his daughter Xiao Rao set off 10 boxes of fireworks in order to increase the festive atmosphere, and as a result, 246 chickens raised by the neighbors were scared to death!
It happened in Yibin, Sichuan. At 6 p.m. on December 28, 2019, Xiao Rao set off fireworks for his father on the highway outside the yard of his home to celebrate his birthday. But less than 100 meters outside the fireworks display point, there is a neighbor's chicken farm, which contains more than 2,000 finished native chickens that are about to be released. When the fireworks are set off, the native chickens are already sleeping in a circle.
At more than 9 p.m., Rao Mouquan received a call from a neighbor's house: he learned that the chickens in the chicken farm next door were awakened by the sound of fireworks, and 246 chickens died.
The Rao family rushed to the chicken farm and did see a large piece of dead chickens.
Master Chen, the manager of the chicken farm, said:
Chickens cannot be seen at night, commonly known as "chicken touching eyes". Chickens are also cowardly animals, and even if they are frightened by people, they are also "chickens flying and dogs jumping". So when the fireworks suddenly burst into the air, the chickens that were already sleeping were overwhelmed and instinctively squeezed into one place, so a stampede occurred.
The next day, through the mediation of the village committee, the chicken farm accounted for losses of more than 15,000 yuan, and the chicken farm, the administrator and the Rao family each bore one-third, but Xiao Rao did not approve: "First, how to prove that the death of the chicken is related to fireworks?" My family of more than 20 chickens slept next to the fireworks display point, which was particularly close, but none of them died. Second, my family is in difficulty and unable to compensate. ”
In this regard, the person in charge of the chicken farm said: The chickens have trampled, which is directly related to the fright of fireworks in sleep, and there are many similar cases on the Internet. Moreover, fireworks and firecrackers cannot be set off around the chicken farm, and the loss is larger this time, considering that they are neighbors, they only ask each other to lose one-third.
The reporter consulted the Yibin Xuzhou District Public Security Sub-bureau on this matter: The place of the incident was in a rural area far away from the town, and it was not within the scope of the prohibition of fireworks and firecrackers. As for the fact that fireworks cannot be set off near the chicken farm, the Rao family said that they did not know, and the chicken farm did not greet them in advance.
The lawyer said that this incident was relatively special and could not be simply regarded as an infringement.
The owner of the chicken farm needs to rely on evidence to blame the death of the chicken on the firecrackers of the neighbor, but the existing facts can only be speculated. Even if it is proved to be related to firecrackers, it cannot be fully attributed to firecrackers, but may also be related to chicken farm breeding, management, and facilities.
In short, there is no direct causal relationship between the release of firecrackers and the death of chickens, and the results cannot be foreseen in advance, and it is recommended that the two sides negotiate to deal with it. If the consultation fails, more powerful evidence needs to be collected and the court is requested for a decision through litigation.