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| Cops bust alleged canary-fighting ring |
| 2009-07-27 |
| I have no idea... 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. Sounds like the Super Bowl of Canary Fighting... 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. Gimme a grand on Tweety! Nineteen people were arrested and charged with cruelty to animals and illegal gambling, police said. More proof that some folks will bet on anything... Eight of those arrested were from Danbury: Rogerio DeCarvalho, 35; Ricardo Almeida, 29; Getulio Serra, 62; Sebastian Andrade, 37; Gilson Goncalves, 31; Nonato Raimundo, 51; Agostinho Gondinho, 35, and Massilon DePaula, 32. Other Connecticut residents arrested were Elito Goulart, 47, of Bridgeport, and Jurames Goulart, 42, of Shelton. The others arrested were Geraldo Teixeira, 43, of Kearney, N.J.; Waldiney Almeida, 29, of Holbrook, Mass.; Auder Gontijo, 43, of Marlborough, Mass.; Lucas Dos Santos, 25, of Newark, N.J.; Odeco Dos Santos, 43, of Newark, N.J.; Welson Sales, 38, of Framingham, Mass.; Celco Soares, 33, of Marlborough, Mass.; Marcos Teles, 36, of Newark, N.J.;and Welson Morais, 26, of Framingham, Mass. Ahhhhhhhh...appears to be a "cultural" thing. Seeing Framingham, Mass in there numerous times, I'm thinking Brazilian. Or Portuguese; that area has a heavy concentration of immigrants. Jurame Goulart was also charged with interfering with an officer. Sgt. Robert Kozlowsky said the additional charge was "based on the fact that Jurames ran and hid in a locked room from police." Ay, carumba! La Policia! The stretch of Ripton Road between Dogwood Drive and Quaker Ridge Road was closed most of the day while the birds were taken away and the investigation continues. Muldoon, Canary Fight Squad. Wanna move it along, ma'am. You don't want to see this. The birds were placed in large cages and transported by several animal control vans to another location, police said. Woolworth's? Oh, wait, they're long gone. These days think PetSmart ... 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. I did not know that. But I guess somebody did. 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. Canary fights? For real? Shelton police received assistance from the State Police Major Crime Squad, the Central District Major Crime Squad, the state Department of Agriculture, and police in Bridgeport, Ansonia and Fairfield. Okay, boys. Give em the gas! |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #8 Canaries??? HMMMMM, HMMMMM, wehell, unlike COCKFIGHTING YOU can't cook and serve = deep-fry the LOSER, not even for profit let alone sustenance!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-07-27 22:10 |
| #7 rraaaaaccciistt!1!1! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-07-27 21:57 |
| #6 Next thing they will go after is kids getting red and black ants to fight. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-07-27 21:55 |
| #5 "the first rule about Canary Fight Club is nobody talks about Canary Fight Club....and no snickering there in the back" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-07-27 21:39 |
| #4 Canary fighting. How.... metrosexual.... |
| Posted by: Clyde Ulimble6034 2009-07-27 20:57 |
| #3 Do any of us really care about little birds fighting for fun and profit? Yeah. And I don't mind paying for them to do a five year stretch either. And it's got a lot less to do with tweety bird than the kind of sickos who get a rush from watching them slash each other to death with razor blades. Bull fighting, bear baiting, dog fighting, tweety fighting; it's all sick. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-07-27 19:53 |
| #2 I can imagine guys from the Canary Islands having a fight club, but the birds??? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-07-27 19:14 |
| #1 HOLD IT! Do any of us really care about little birds fighting for fun and profit? Care enough to spend tax dollars putting these guys on trial and maybe in jail? Is a tweety bird worth it? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-07-27 17:40 |