SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – Over 60 birds have been seized from a Springfield home following an investigation into alleged cockfighting.

On Wednesday, officers with MSPCA-Angell Law Enforcement and Mass. State Police executed a warrant at a Chapin Street home. While investigators were at the scene, they reportedly saw dozens of birds living in multiple structures that MSPCA spokesperson Sara-Rose Brenner described as “commonly associated with cockfighting operations.’

MSPCA-Angell Law Enforcement Director Chris Schindler explained in a statement that, in addition to the over 60 birds, they found paraphernalia that was “consistent with the raising and keeping of birds for the purposes of fighting, including sharp objects that are attached to roosters’ legs during fights to inflict more

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