CT: Top Ten Crimes
Cock-fighting and dog-fighting get more headlines, but a police raid in Shelton in July uncovers a much less well-known combination of animal abuse and betting, bird-fighting.
Nineteen people, eight of them Danbury residents, are arrested on cruelty to animal and illegal gambling charges, nearly $8,000 in cash is seized, and some 150 saffron finches and canaries are confiscated in a case that puts the national spotlight on an activity virtually unknown previously.
Investigators believe the fights, which draw gamblers from Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey, as well as Connecticut, have been going on for years and also take place in Danbury.
Source: http://www.connpost.com/news/article/Top-10-crimes-300621.php
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