{"id":335181,"date":"2026-05-28T00:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T00:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/335181\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T00:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T00:13:08","slug":"deputies-investigate-suspected-rooster-fighting-operation-in-lodi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/335181\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputies investigate suspected rooster-fighting operation in Lodi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Joaquin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says deputies are investigating a suspected rooster-fighting operation discovered over Memorial Day weekend in Lodi.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies responded on May 24 to reports of a possible rooster-fighting event near Kettleman Lane and Highway 12.<\/p>\n<p>More than 150 vehicles were found gathered in an orchard there. Authorities said many vehicles fled the area as deputies arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies also located 18 live roosters, including several that were confined inside a locked vehicle. Officials said deputies forced entry into the vehicle out of concern for the animals&#8217; welfare.<\/p>\n<p>San Joaquin County Animal Services has since taken custody of the roosters.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s office has not announced any arrests connected to the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are asking anyone who believes the recovered roosters belong to them to contact the San Joaquin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Joaquin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says deputies are investigating a suspected rooster-fighting operation discovered over Memorial Day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[5706,121,123,122],"class_list":["post-335181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-lodi","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}