He's made celebrated art out of pickled sharks and eternally sleeping sheep, but Damien Hirst's plan to construct an "abattoir rail" and "fish preparation area" as a part of his new gallery space and studio in Stroud, Gloucestershire has drawn the ire of his neighbors, some of whom have drawn up a petition to keep the dead animals from their doorsteps. A head of planning for the Stroud District Council tried to alleviate locals' fears, saying, "There will be ex-animals on the site. He uses them as part of his process but it will not be an abattoir. You will not be getting 50 sheep arriving every day to be slaughtered." He added, "It might be the odd frozen shark, which will then be prepared for exhibition in formaldehyde."