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Canary Fighting Ring Busted

by Jordan Yerman | July 27, 2009 at 10:45 am

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A canary fighting ring was busted on Sunday in Shelton, CT. Over 150 canaries and finches were rescued. Also seized were $8000 in cash and a bunch of cages which would be connected to goad the birds into fighting.

Acting on a search warrant, police searched a house on Ripton Road in Shelton, and subsequently arrested nineteen people have been arrested for animal cruelty and illegal gambling:

Elito Goulart, 47, of Bridgeport.

Ricardo Almeida, 29, of Danbury.

Sebastian Andrade, 37, of Danbury.

Rogerio DeCarvalho, 35, of Danbury.

Massilon DePaula, 32, of Danbury.

Gilson Goncalves, 31, of Danbury.

Agostinho Gondinh, 35, of Danbury.

Nonato Raimundo, 51, Danbury.

Getulio Serra, 62, of Danbury.

Jurames Goulart, 42, of Shelton.

Welson Sales, 38, of Framingham, MA.

Welson Morais, 26, of Framingham, MA.

Waldiney Almeida, 29, of Holbrook, MA.

Auder Gontijo, 43, of Marlborough, MA.

Celco Soares, 33, of Marlborough, MA.

Geraldo Teixeira, 43, of Kearny, NJ.

Lucas Dos Santos, 25, of Newark, NJ.

Odeci Dos Santos, 43, of Newark, NJ.

Marcos Teles, 36, of Newark, NJ.

I had no idea that canary fighting even existed. I didn't think that they were truculent by nature, but would any birds fight over artificially-restricted territory?