KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A Kansas City animal control officer looking for stray dogs instead found a suspected large-scale cockfighting operation in Kansas City.
The officer heard the noisy birds last week in the 2400 block of Cypress Avenue and went to investigate.
Since we’ve been here we’ve seen animal control bring out crate after crate filled with birds. Off camera neighbors tell me they would always hear the birds but did not know what was going on @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/erqpwqt8ID
— Ariel Rothfield KSHB (@arothfield) April 18, 2018
He found what appeared to be equipment used for cockfighting.
INSIDE LOOK: this is where the animals were kept and where investigators believe the birds were trained for cockfighting @41actionnews pic.twitter.com/Oeng6r0PfF
— Ariel Rothfield KSHB (@arothfield) April 18, 2018
A search of a house Wednesday revealed the size of the alleged operation.
Kansas City Animal Health officers found 127 animals, of those, 114 were birds and 13 were dogs.
Police detained a man and a woman at the house.
We have a crew at the scene and will have updates on all our social media platforms and on The Now KC.
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