A court in Shandong Province recently ordered a property developer to pay over 500,000 yuan (US$62,400) to a farmer for making ear-splitting noises that caused the deaths of over 1,300 animals, Bandao Metropolis News reported. 　　

　　In May 2005, a construction started next to the farm where Qiu raised almost 1,400 animals, such as foxes and raccoons.

　　The animals soon became very agitated by the noise, with many of them dying in the following days.

　　To prove that the deaths were directly linked to the noise, Qiu applied to the local court for a scientific assessment, which stated that the noise was the direct cause of the animals' deaths.