Cockfighting - hundreds of birds seized
Lompoc, CA (US)

Incident Date: Monday, Jun 26, 2006
County: Santa Barbara

Disposition: Alleged

Alleged:
» Pai Chang
» Richard Chang Yang
» Xue Vang

Authorities have arrested three people in connection with a cockfighting ring in Santa Barbara County, the area's second cockfighting bust in just over a month.

Pai Chang, 55, Richard Chang Yang, 45, and Xue Vang, 36, were arrested for investigation of possessing fighting roosters and cockfighting paraphernalia after a three-week investigation, said sheriff's Sgt. Martin Eberling.

Eberling said deputies raided three different houses and found hundreds of birds along with ''dozens of items of cockfighting paraphernalia, fighting cages, boxing booties, slashing razors and medicines designed to agitate birds into fighting.''

In May, a man was arrested in the Lompoc Valley when police found a cockfighting ring and about 150 roosters, some of them mutilated.

During cockfights, the roosters typically fight to the death as gamblers who have bet on the outcome watch and root for their favorite.

References

• Monterey Herald - June 26, 2006

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