Authorities break up cockfight in Chester County, rescue 52 live chickens, arrest 25 suspects

CHESTER, Pa. — The Philadelphia SPCA’s Animal Law Enforcement Team worked with law enforcement members from multiple agencies to break up a cockfight in Chester County over the weekend.

The event was being held Saturday in a property on the 500 block of Franklin Street in the city of Chester, the PSPCA said.

When the Animal Law Enforcement Team, joined by the State Police Organized Crime Unit, Chester Police and the Central Delaware Organized Crime Unit arrived at the scene, there was an active fight in progress, according to the PSPCA…

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