The chicken and rooster caging that occurred on Oct. 29 near University Village at The University of Miami was authorized by the City of Coral Gables. A licensed vendor was hired by the city to cage and relocate the animals to a farm.
“This approach ensures the animals are treated ethically while maintaining public health and neighborhood quality of life,” said Martha Pantin, the director of the communications and public affairs division of the City of Coral Gables, in a statement to The Hurricane.
Although the University of Miami has contracted its own vendors to trap and relocate campus animals in the past, UM was not made aware of this activity since the caging occurred on public property…