Fort Worth woman accused of neglecting 140 fighting roosters, chickens; birds euthanized
A Fort Worth woman was charged Wednesday with 10 counts of animal cruelty and accused of neglecting about 140 fighting roosters and chickens after her ex-husband was arrested last summer.
Fort Worth animal control officials found several roosters and chickens dead at a residence last summer after being called to the scene.
“Others were in extremely bad health,” said Fort Worth spokeswoman Diane Covey in a telephone interview with the Star-Telegram.
Officials seized about 140 roosters and chickens and later euthanized them.
Authorities arrested the 38-year-old Fort Worth woman Saturday.
The case began June 8, when Fort Worth police responded to a domestic disturbance in the 1100 block of Oak Grove Road.
The woman’s ex-husband was arrested, and authorities believed he had been breeding roosters to sell for cockfighting.
Once her ex-husband was taken into custody, the woman is accused of failing to care for the birds.
Authorities returned to the residence a few weeks later and found the birds in bad health.
The Fort Worth woman was charged Wednesday with 10 counts of cruelty to livestock animals/negligence, according to Tarrant County criminal court records. The charges are misdemeanors.
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This story was originally published February 17, 2022 at 11:19 AM.
