With its back straight and its head held high, he is the cockerel intent on walking tall. Rather than scratching around in a farmyard and pecking at the ground like any normal rooster, this very ...

PARIS — Maurice the rooster can keep crowing, a French court ruled Thursday, as it rejected a complaint from neighbors who sued over noise nuisance. Maurice's case and several other lawsuits against ...

A French cockerel called Maurice, whose owner was taken to court over his early-morning crowing, has died aged six. Maurice gained international support and became a symbol of the French countryside ...

For the past month and a half 28-year-old Come Moudenner has been attending sporting events as 'MasCoq', a French play on words combining the words mascot and cockerel, without spending a single Euro ...