Overview

• The Tribunal de Bourgoin-Jallieu said it lacked jurisdiction to decide whether Ricco had the right to crow.
• The neighbor was ordered to pay €3,500 for moral prejudice and €1,500 in defense costs to the Charretons.
• Coq Ricco died days before the verdict after a fox attack, making the ruling a posthumous recognition of his case.
• More than 33,000 people signed a petition supporting Ricco’s crowing as part of a broader defence of rural noise heritage.
• Owners Franck and Alexia Charreton plan to introduce a successor rooster to maintain their flock and uphold soundscape protections.