More than two dozen suspects have been arrested in rural northern Nevada in connection with an illegal cockfighting ring where sheriff’s deputies found 59 dead roosters in a barn in Silver Springs earlier this month. The Lyon County sheriff’s office says 28 people are facing felony charges. But no names or other details were released regarding the arrests. A deputy acting on an anonymous tip relayed by the Lyon County Animal Services observed roosters fighting in “an open-air barn” and “hand-to-hand wagering” June 3 on the property in Silver Springs about 35 miles northeast of Carson City.
