VICTORVILLE, Calif. — Nearly 50 people have been arrested and 92 birds seized during a raid on a Southern California desert cockfighting operation. Days before the Sunday morning raid, San Bernardino County officials announced a crackdown on the illegal blood sport and released a video of roosters slashing at each other with steel blades attached to their legs. Property owner Fernando Hernandez and most of the spectators fled when deputies showed up. Forty-seven people were arrested, mostly for being spectators. Six were booked for investigation of animal cruelty. There were about 20 dead roosters. Deputies seized 92 live birds and about $21,000. ___ Read more from the original source: Huge Cockfighting Raid Nets Nearly 50 People, 92 Cocks