In another corner of the square, under the exquisite ornamental trees, is a campsite where around 400 people have been living for 21 days.

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It is a maze of ornamental hedges and sweet-smelling orange trees, where leaf-carpeted paths meander through the pines.

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"All five were ornamental chickens and couldn't get off the ground and the roundabout has no trees with low branches for them to escape from predators, " she said.

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Ornamental tree varieties like Jacaranda were also planted on the terraces to provide shade, as well as palm trees and fruit trees like papaya.

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