Poultry owners in our local city addressed this last night with our local city council.
It seems it takes warm bodies in favor of chickens to show up at the meetings to sway the council's minds.
http://m.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=97650
Yep! Politicians don't see "warm bodies". They see votes.
"We've gotta protect our phoney-baloney jobs, gentleman!" from Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles.