Noise! Noise! Noise!

It is a terrible experience having to endure daily the incessant bird noises broadcast from the BH’s loudspeakers.

Noise is the most common public complaint of nuisance received by the local authorities. It contributes almost 90% of the total complaints arisen from the swiftlet farming activity in towns.

Under the stressing and repeated noise, people will go crazy and irrational. If the unbearable situation has exceeded their nose, it is not surprising if they dare to burn down your BH or do harm to your property.

Needless to say, this is due to the inconsiderate attitude of some BH owners. They direct the external speakers wrongly to their neighbours and blasting the recorded bird-luring sound at high volume, twenty four seven.

How can this unscrupulous action be accepted by your neighbours? Unless they are superhuman or saint or they are totally deaf, other wise, can you expect your non-stop bird sound goes unnoticed & will not arouse complaint? Do you think your neighbor will cooperate nicely & live peacefully under this kind of environment without having a grudge against you?

Put yourself in their shoes. Think of your family first before you really need to do so. Do you want others do the same onto you? As a caring person, you have many options to get thing done! You can control the sound level, the amplitude and sound-playing duration. You do not need to switch on the sound track if your birds are not around. By switching off the sound at certain hours in a day, will save your electricity bill as well as indirectly do your part in saving the earth and this I believe, will make your neighbors’ lives happier. It is a win-win situation.

Be professional farming!

For professional ranchers, they would direct the speakers skyward (in an angle more than 45 degree) with tolerable volume to the extent that even their neighbours may not aware of. They also would switch on the external sound and control it with timer from 8am to 8pm only. A friend of mine from Medan even switches on the sound between 5pm to 8pm only.

Do not enjoy your harvest at the expense of your neighbours.

Do not let the selfishness affect the good name of this industry. Jealous people may capitalize on this to influence the authorities to shut down all town BHs in whole Malaysia.

Do not let the short-sightedness dampen the growth of this entire industry and affect the survival of your fellow ranchers

Just do not let the unkind deed take away our dreams.

Enough said.