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“We represent game fowl farmers who breed and raise game fowl, but not for fighting purposes,” said Devore, himself a game fowl breeder.

The Call to Action BBQ, advertised over a photo of a game fowl, was being organized by a man named Brent Easterling, on his family’s farm in the small, rural town Verbena.

State and federal laws protect raptors and other native birds that are not game fowl.

The search is expected to last a few days and is part of “an investigation related to animal cruelty and possession of game fowl for fighting purposes,” Navarro-Suarez said.

He used to keep some 250 game fowl tucked behind their modest home in Vega Baja, a town west of San Juan, the capital.