x 2 on the animal control, but wildlife rescue isn’t usually government affiliated except they might get funds- or at least the one here isn’t. I’m pretty sure they are liberals, though.
That sounds vaguely familiar re vegetables. I had 2 roosters growing up. Big old Leghorns. They were Easter chicks that grew up.
I remember when I was around 8yo or so.. went to my father’s friend’s ranch..
I was placed in an over-sized stock-pen(about 1/2 an acre) with a rooster, that I would swear was taller than me, he was about 50 feet away when I was placed in there.. he came running at me so fast I don’t ever even remember touching the fence or posts.. I think I cleared (jumped) it head first.. haha ;^)
I have respected (and given lots of room) to roosters since then.