Cops in the Nevada desert rescued nearly 500 roosters and arrested three suspects in a massive cockfighting bust on Tuesday — near a brothel called “Chicken Ranch.”
Bodycam footage from cops in Nye County — which hosts three legal cathouses — shows hundreds of birds penned up in one of two desert ranches where sheriff’s deputies also seized 11 firearms and $60,000 in cash.
Deputies also found dozens of “gaffs” — razors attached to roosters’ legs to heighten the carnage in the savage bloodsport — during the weeklong investigation.
The 478 birds were hidden away in the unincorporated town of Pahrump, home of the Chicken Ranch brothel.
Read more at https://nypost.com/2026/05/29/us-news/footage-shows-rescue-of-500-roosters-in-cockfighting-sting-near-chicken-ranch-brothel/
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