Crying child results in death of 100s of chickens; barking dog blamed

REUTERS

Chinese court rules boy’s screaming led to the death of dozens of chickens

Hundreds of chickens have been found dead in eastern China — and a court has ruled that the cause of death was the screaming of a 4-year-old boy who in turn had been scared by a barking dog, state media reported Wednesday.

The bizarre sequence of events began when