Chix, you are more then welcome down here, plenty of room! Although, if you get a better house with more land then me, I'll just have to trade ya!
Tiki, havent found out anything yet. Going to call again after lunchtime. The dispatcher, poor lady, I called right before 9 this morning. I think she only knew what to say, from what was on her desk. They are thinking they get a better community reaction if they say, we need things to put them in. Whereas, last seizure, they had the animal control unit cover the case. They were totally indaunted with people asking about taking the roosters only. As in, they wanted them for fighting.
I raise these game birds, I know how to care for them better then they do. lol
This is how our news teams are covering the story:
MARTIN COUNTY - Of the 105 animals confiscated, 80 of them are fighting roosters. That alone means they must be kept separate from the rest or they could kill each other, but the problems don't stop there.
Many of these roosters are currently being kept in boxes, some no more than eight inches wide.
To make matters worse, some are being kept up to four per box.
The roosters have very little room to move which makes it almost impossible to provide them food and water.
Many of them are injured from fights they have been in and need medical attention.
And if the temperature gets above 75 degrees, some of these birds could die.
Martin County Sheriff John Woodward says these conditions are inhumane.
"We had an expert come in that told us it's just a matter of time. In these small containers, they will die just, the conditions, they are standing in their own feces. It's horrible," Woodward, said.
