More than 40 people were arrested after deputies responded to reports of an altercation and found an illegal game fowl fighting ring, the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office announced.

Game fowl fighting is a class A misdemeanor as a first-time offense. Utah is the only Western state in which the charge is not a felony for a first offense.

Once at the scene, the person who called authorities said they saw multiple people who were "not only fighting but also engaged in illegal game fowl fighting," arrest reports state.

Authorities busted a cockfighting ring involving dozens of people in Southwest Miami-Dade after someone reported a fight involving “knives and machetes,” according to arrest reports. Deputies ...

Report of machete fight led to Florida cockfighting ring bust, 42 arrests The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said multiple roosters were roaming the property when they responded, for a total of 72 ...

MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA)— More than 40 people were arrested after deputies responded to reports of an altercation and found an illegal game fowl fighting ring, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office announced.

Report of machete fight led to Florida cockfighting ring bust, 42 arrests The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said multiple roosters were roaming the property when they responded, for a total of 72 ...

Report of machete fight led to Florida cockfighting ring bust, 42 arrests The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said multiple roosters were roaming the property when they responded, for a total of 72 ...

Authorities busted a cockfighting ring involving dozens of people in Southwest Miami-Dade after someone reported a fight involving "knives and machetes," according to arrest reports.

Report of machete fight led to Florida cockfighting ring bust, 42 arrests The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said multiple roosters were roaming the property when they responded, for a total of 72 ...