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Connecticut Post: Cops bust alleged canary-fighting ring
“SHELTON — More than 150 canaries and saffron finches that police say were being primed for bird fighting in a Ripton Road home Sunday morning have been confiscated, and nearly 20 people charged in connection with the incident.
Local and state police entered the single-family home at 176 Ripton Road about 9:30 a.m., where they said the occupants were preparing the birds to fight, police said.
About $8,000 in cash was also seized during the raid, police said…
The birds were placed in large cages and transported by several animal control vans to another location, police said.
Canaries, which have a general reputation for being sweet songbirds, are known to fight with each other, particularly during the breeding season, according to experts on several Web sites. Males can be particularly aggressive, they indicate.
Neighbors in the area expressed surprise about the bird-fighting raid and said they had no idea that the activity may have been taking place in the house.”
[Photo: Hartford Courant]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/RF0chXiZkqexq4kpHE5ExiMFo1_400.jpg)
Connecticut Post: Cops bust alleged canary-fighting ring
“SHELTON — More than 150 canaries and saffron finches that police say were being primed for bird fighting in a Ripton Road home Sunday morning have been confiscated, and nearly 20 people charged in connection with the incident.
Local and state police entered the single-family home at 176 Ripton Road about 9:30 a.m., where they said the occupants were preparing the birds to fight, police said.
About $8,000 in cash was also seized during the raid, police said…
The birds were placed in large cages and transported by several animal control vans to another location, police said.
Canaries, which have a general reputation for being sweet songbirds, are known to fight with each other, particularly during the breeding season, according to experts on several Web sites. Males can be particularly aggressive, they indicate.
Neighbors in the area expressed surprise about the bird-fighting raid and said they had no idea that the activity may have been taking place in the house.”
[Photo: Hartford Courant]
