KCBD, NewsChannel 11 Lubbock |Alleged cockfight busted near Albuquerque
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Associated Press - December 21, 2009 10:05 AM ET
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A 33-year-old man faces a felony charge of extreme animal cruelty after Bernalillo County deputies raided what they say was a cockfight at a home in the south valley area on the edge of Albuquerque.
Peter Alba was arrested Saturday.
Deputies say about two dozen people scrambled when they arrived at the south valley home.
Investigators say they found a decapitated rooster at the home and took 37 other roosters to an animal shelter.
New Mexico outlawed cockfighting in 2007.
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