Deputies bust rooster fighting ring in Fresno Co.

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A fewer twelve radical fled a Fresno County agrarian spot aft they were recovered engaging successful a rooster combat ringing Sunday morning, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies accidental astir 9:30 a.m. they were informed of suspicious enactment happening adjacent McKinley Avenue eastbound of Bethel Avenue. The caller claimed it was antithetic for that galore cars and radical to congregate successful that area, a mature orangish orchard, particularly astatine that clip of day.

Investigators study residents suggested a imaginable rooster combat was taking place. A CHP chopper assisted and was sent to the country archetypal to effort to get a scope of what was going connected and to effort to place the combat organizers.

When deputies arrived connected country they reported respective radical and vehicles fled the area. Three to 4 vehicles were stopped leaving the country but nary were definitively identified arsenic organizers.

Detectives accidental astir 20 to 30 radical were successful attendance. On scene, astir 20 unrecorded roosters were recovered, 2 were reported to beryllium suffering from injuries, and astir 10 were recovered dead.

Investigators accidental determination is nary crushed to judge the proprietor of the spot is affiliated with oregon adjacent alert of the incident. The proprietor has since been contacted.

Detectives adhd it is simply a transgression to beryllium a spectator astatine these events with penalties ranging from fines to up to a twelvemonth successful jail. Those detained volition person their cases submitted to the territory attorney's office.