Être vexé comme un pou - roughly pronounced eh-truh vex-ay come uhn poo - translates as ‘to be as angry (or offended) as a ...

Maurice will not be silenced after a court ruled in his owner's favour A French court has ruled in favour of a cockerel owner after her bird's early morning crowing provoked a noise pollution ...

The bird has been accused of causing noise pollution by a retired couple with a holiday home on the picturesque French island of Oléron. His owner, Corinne Fesseau, says her cock is simply doing ...