Actually, it's our homeowner's association. They even limit the number of house pets you can have. Animals considered to be livestock are completely forbidden. Alas, DW refuses to live somewhere where the neighbors are more than ten feet away.

-Blast

p.s. Hey, how about pigeons? They are small, will return to their roost, prolific and when cooked up right you can eat every bit of them (as experienced in China).