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The last of the searches took place in the small town of Hornachuelos. That led to the arrest of the third alleged organizer. Police found 153 roosters, 30 hens, and 50 young chicks, apparently being raised to become fighters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
There was also material that is usually used for cockfighting, such as oral and injectable drugs, vitamins, machinery for the physical training of roosters, and timers to time the fights. Supposedly, this property was used as a breeding farm for the animals.<\/p>\n
The defendants made a court appearance this week to respond to the allegations. The date of their trial is not yet on the calendar.<\/strong><\/p>\nDespite a ban, cockfights continue to occur in various parts of Spain. The federal government banned the bouts in 1991, but gave an exception to Andalusia because of its “cultural heritage and a history of cockfighting in the region.”<\/p>\n
Later, the autonomous community, through its own law, prohibited all forms of cockfighting. It only allows them under controlled situations for purposes of breeding for exportation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police in Southern Spain’s Andalusia recently broke up a handful of cockfights where betting was allowed. Cockfighting was once a popular activity in the region, but was banned years ago, except in certain situations. Three people will stand trial for their involvement, and all could end up behind bars. The Jaen Environment Prosecutor’s Office has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":245616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[81962,81919,81948],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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