500 birds seized in cockfighting raid
Updated: Sunday, 05 Apr 2009, 6:08 PM MDT
Published : Sunday, 05 Apr 2009, 1:07 PM MDT
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Authorities raided seven properties in southern New Mexico
yesterday and seized about 500 birds.
The birds were found at properties in Dona Ana County.
Authorities say all were used for cockfighting.
Dona Ana Animal Control officer Curtis Childress says most of
the animals were in good shape, but some had had their combs and
spurs removed for fighting.
Agents with the state attorney general's office say one
suspect had a cockfighting ring set up in his front yard.
The agents say that despite the yearlong ban on cockfighting
in New Mexico, profits from cockfighting remain a factor in its
persistence.
Authorities say arrests may be pending.
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