mangaluru a week ago kavoor police under mangaluru city limits faced a couple of cases which they had never had to deal with before the complainants alleged that crowing of their neighbours rooster and barking of pet dogs were disturbing their sleeppolice say with people spending almost all their time at home thanks to work from home arrangements there has been an increase in such cases in bantwal a woman complained that her neighbours dogs were dirtying her place we had to call both parties and find an amicable solution there is no other way to settle such issues police said one officer said they would incur the wrath of animal activists if they take legal actionwe can ask pet owner to maintain cleanliness and stop their pets from attacking others but how do we get dogs to stop barking or roosters from crowing there is no way around it since people are spending a lot of time at home they are coming up with these problems an officer saidbelliappa ku acp north division said complaints like this usually happen when there is an animosity between neighbours many a time these issues are settled if not a complaint is registered under kp act or indian penal code against pet owner for public nuisance in july about 50 residents in kana surathkal filed a complaint with police saying the four pet dogs of a resident in the neighbourhood were barking all the time it was causing them inconvenience and their children were unable to concentrate on studies or sleep police who couldnt handle the case forwarded it to the animal husbandry department and health department