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A charity boss is being taken to court over “laughable” complaints about animal noises coming from her rural rescue centre. Amey James, who runs Happy Pants Ranch on the outskirts of Sittingbourne, is accused of breaching an abatement order due to “constant daily noises” from her cockerels, geese, sheep, cattle and dogs. But the charity owner insists she will fight the legal action, adding: “Countryside animals making noise in the countryside is not an offence.” The problems began in 2021 when complaints were made about the sanctuary’s birds. The rescue centre – a home for about 350 unwanted o…