Indeed, people from across the country have written to me complaining not only about barking dogs, but about screeching peacocks and peahens, among other things.
An exact analogy cannot, of course, be made, because although you can take a peahen to court, no such action is possible against the unfeathered variety.
The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the offspring peachicks.
Worse, the female (the peahen) would, he argues, be conspicuous in those conditions.
For instance, peacocks display vibrant plumage colours in an attempt to attract and copulate with their female counterpart, the peahen.
On hearing that nine peahens bathed in the lake outside, he set out, despite her efforts to have him stay.
The empress bribed his servant to blow a whistle when the nine peahens approached.
According to a rough estimate, there are more than 1,000 peacocks and peahen in the sanctuary.
