MDSO: 42 arrested after deputies bust cockfighting ring in SW Miami-Dade

Deputies arrested dozens of people after they broke up a cockfighting ring in Southwest Miami-Dade leadership reported Miami-Dade Sheriff s Office deputies on Friday afternoon responded to a rural property near Southwest nd Avenue and rd Street where they reported they determined roosters and several rooster claws Forty-two people were were arrested Their charges include attending animal fighting or baiting of animals and resisting arrest without violence Deputies also impounded more than In a announcement issued Saturday Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero Stutz wrote This type of cruelty and illegal activity has no place in our district Animal fighting is not only inhumane but it often goes hand-in-hand with other serious crimes