Pinoys involved in largest cockfighting bust in US
Agents found 4,400 chickens Saturday at a 2.8-hectare compound in the Otay Mesa industrial area of
Hundreds more chickens were found this time at a second training ground nearby, officials said.
Other stings have resulted in more arrests but none have produced more birds, said John Goodwin, manager of animal fighting issues at The Humane Society of the
Fifty people were issued misdemeanor citations, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $5,000 fine, and ordered to answer to cockfighting charges in early December, said Paul Levikow, a spokesman for the San Diego County District Attorney’s office.
About 80 percent of the birds seized have been euthanized, Levikow said.
The cockfighting operation was managed and patronized largely by Filipinos, and fights were staged in the
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