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Cockfight Organizer Pleads Guilty To Animal Cruelty - More Than 400 Poultry Rescued Cockfight Organizer Pleads Guilty To Animal Cruelty - More Than 400 Poultry Rescued
Cockfight Organizer Pleads Guilty To Animal Cruelty - More Than 400 Poultry Rescued A city man has pleaded guilty for his participation in a Northampton-based cockfighting ring that law enforcement broke up in 2018. At the time of the bust, police and animal welfare officials allegedly rescued more than 400 roosters, hens, and chicks from being pressed into the bloodsport.  About half of the animals were deemed too aggressive and euthanized, according to an archived Daily Hampshire Gazette article. Miguel Rodriguez, 59, of Holyoke issued a guilty plea in Northampton District Court on Thursday, Feb. 18, to the charges of possessing and training animals for fighting a…

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