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Uxbridge Board of Health approves animal-keeping permit for Lyric Farm sanctuary with conditions
Summary
The Board granted a keeping-of-animals permit for 130 Stanfield Road (the Refuge at Lyric Farm) but required removal of roosters, adherence to the manure-management plan (2–3 month removal), and improved gate security after neighbors reported odor and two escapes by mules.
The Uxbridge Board of Health voted to grant a keeping-of-animals permit for 130 Stanfield Road, the refuge at Lyric Farm, after hearing neighbors’ complaints about odor and two prior incidents where mules left the property. The board approved the application "as presented and as compliant with Uxbridge regulations," while clarifying that roosters are not permitted under current bylaws.
Michelle Williams, the property owner, told the board she runs a nonprofit animal sanctuary and that she had delayed renewing paperwork while caring for family members. "We are the refuge at Lyric Farm," Williams said, noting she had provided a manure-management plan, feed…
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