49 people were arrested for promoting wild bird fights and mistreatment of animals by the Civil Police, in the Santa Cecília neighborhood (capital of São Paulo), this Monday (13).
With the participation of several regions of São Paulo, the structure was found in investigations carried out by Agents from the 1st Police Station for Investigations of Infractions against the Environment (Diima), of the Citizenship Protection Police Department (DPPC) carrying out disputes between .
According to the note from the SSP (Public Security Secretariat), the location operated as a vehicle dealership and also served as a .
The action took place as part of investigative work by Operation Pássaro Livre. There were dozens of transport cages and hundreds of birds on the property. See a video of the location with the birds still trapped:
Those investigated stated that they participated in betting and had already taken birds to the location.
307 birds and three eggs were rescued. One of the birds was dead.
In addition, several cell phones, documents, card machines, cash and vehicles used to transport the animals were also seized.
An expert report was requested from the IC (Institute of Criminalistics), with support from the Metropolitan Environmental Civil Guard.
The case was registered at the 1st Police Station of Diima as killing specimens of wild fauna, carrying out an act of and locating/seizing a vehicle.
*Under AR supervision.
