An article in the Telegraph said that a city in England hired an animal behaviorist to interpret various dog barks to figure out why dogs were barking.

The town of Peterborough launched "Noise Action Week" in an attempt address the town's problem of excessive dog barking. They hired an animal behaviorist to help teach the public on why dogs are barking, what they are saying, and how to stop it.

Shockingly, the animal behaviorist discovered the dogs were complaining about high taxes, big government, and wasteful spending.

So instead, the city relied heavily on a leaflet published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, explaning that a bark is pretty all-embracing, covering everything from greeting and playing to threatening and being defensive; and from "contact seeking when alone" to a group activity.

In the end, the city advised dog owners to close their curtains, and turn on their radios.