TWO people face animal abuse charges after the Guardia Civil found 107 fighting cocks in a Betera home in Valencia province.
Guardia officers said 70 of the birds were in a ‘very bad state’ along with a dog and macaw- all which appeared to have been abused.
The Guardia’s environment team Seprona raided the property and were greeted by a shocking sight.
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They discovered many of the birds had multiple injuries caused by them being used in organised and illegal cockfights.
A treadmill was discovered which was used in their training.
The birds have been removed by the Guardia along with a dog that was transferred to a municipal shelter and a blue macaw.
The macaw had the feathers of both wings trimmed and lacked any documentation to prove that it was legally owned as it is a protected species.
It now has a new home at Valencia’s Centre for the Recovery of Exotic Birds.
A man and woman, aged 40 and 36, are being investigated by a Paterna court.
