Published at 1:50 PM EDT on May
28, 2018 | Updated at 6:37 PM EDT on May 29, 2018
Birds Seized From Northampton
Cockfighting Ring
Hundreds of birds were taken from
a cockfighting ring in Northampton, Massachusetts, and the MSPCA is hoping to
save some of them from being put down.
Police have seized nearly 400
roosters and chickens from what is being called an illegal cockfighting
operation on a western Massachusetts farm.
Officials with the Massachusetts
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said the birds, which
including about 150 hens and chicks, were removed from a barn at Ravenwold
Greenhouses in Northampton on Friday.
Animal control officers
discovered signs of cockfighting during a barn inspection which included gloves
used during fights and a bag of medication commonly used to cockfight. Other
hints included roosters with sharpened spurs and an area with blood splatters.
State law prohibits anyone from training animals for cockfighting.
The farm's owner says he rented
the space to another person and had never been inside.
MSPCA officials said they will
have to euthanize many of the roosters seized in the western Massachusetts bust
due to their aggressive behavior
(Published Tuesday, May 29, 2018)
The birds were brought to the
MSPCA-Nevins Farm in Methuen where officials say nearly all of them will have
to be euthanized due to their aggressiveness.
"Sadly, they cannot be
rehabilitated or re-trained and nearly all of them will have to be euthanized.
The MSPCA cannot place them into homes as they would kill or attack any other
bird (or other animals) that are nearby," the MSPCA said in a statement.
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