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Fighting Mad
By Tom Shoop | Tuesday, June 14, 2005  |  11:31 AM

Attention cockfighters in (where else?) Cocke County, Tenn.: You're busted. Last weekend, the FBI, USDA, Tennessee Law Enforcement Officials and the Humane Society raided the Del Rio cockfighting pit in the county, arresting 144 people and seizing 305 gamecocks and $40,000 in cash. The bust breaks up what was believed to be one of the largest cockfighting operations in the United States.


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