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The City of Swift Current has been tasked with helping a resident track down information about her chickens, after a bizarre dispute that involved an alleged assault on a bylaw enforcement officer.

The resident, whose identity has not been released, complained to the Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner in January after the city failed to release records she demanded on — among other things — the location of her chickens.

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The city claimed there were no such records, and that, even if there were, the resident had no right to reclaim the animals.

“You gave up any rights or claims to chickens when you turned them loose and chased them out of your yard,” it told the resident in January.

But the commissioner, Ronald J. Kruzeniski, found the city “did not conduct a reasonable search for records about the location of the chickens.” In a report dated last week, he recommended that it try harder to find them.