Fowls domestic. These can be the subject of larceny. If they stray on to the land of others they can be distrained damage feasant but not killed. If they stray on to a highway and cause injury to a cyclist, their owner is not responsible in damages, Hadwell v. Righton, (1907) 2 KB 345. As to the prevention of cruelty to fowls, see the (English) Poultry Act, 1911, and the (English) Protection of Animals Act, 1911, and Diseases of Animals Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 31), and see ANIMALS.
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