Police have arrested 31 spectators, two alleged operators and removed 35 roosters from a Central Islip residence known for housing cockfighting matches. Officers serving a search warrant found a cockfight going on Saturday evening; four people were arrested at the same location for cockfighting two years ago. The Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals assisted police, and Chief Roy Gross told Newsday, "this is a substantial bust." more ›

Residents of Sleepy Hollow Road haven't been sleeping too well ever since a hoard of roosters starting crowing them awake at 4 a.m. The Staten Island Advance reports on the gang—seven hens, at least two roosters and a few chicks—invading the street's flower beds. Thankfully, self-proclaimed "chicken whisperer" Michelle Olsen lives on the block. more ›

Last month Raymond Lopez of the Bronx, who has taken to tending to a growing community of chickens in the borough, said the animals needed a more fitting home. Now the Daily News reports that volunteers helped capture the wild chickens near West 169th Street, on a mission to relocate the birds. more ›

Police broke up a gathering in a home on Wallace Avenue in the Bronx Friday night and arrested seven people when they discovered an illegal cockfight going on. 43 roosters had to be taken out of the home and will be inspected by veterinarians. After that, the birds will likely be euthanized. The group of seven were arrested for spectating the event in a bust that police say was led by federal authorities. There was no word on whether there was visible gambling going on when the raid took place. Over the summer, police broke up a cockfighting ring in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn where over fifty birds were found and had to be euthanized. more ›