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More Than 350 Birds Seized In Cockfight Bust

Three Arrested, Charged With Animal Cruelty

FORT WORTH, Texas -- More than 350 roosters and hens are now staying in a Collin County shelter after a cockfighting operation is busted over the weekend.

Acting on an anonymous tip, Bexar County Sheriff's deputies descended on the site in southern Bexar County. Officers broke up the fighting ring and arrested property owner Pedro Lozano, 34, Elida Gonzalez, 31, and Jose Arce, 43.

Each faces felony charges of animal cruelty. A sheriff's office report identified Gonzalez as Lozano's girlfriend, and Arce as a money-taker for the operation.

The 368 seized animals are now in the care of the McKinney SPCA.

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