Avian conflicts

ESOTERICA

At the risk of seeming callous, I can't help but find this story a little funny. Viz., some places have their battling roosters, and Connecticut has its ... fighting canaries?

[Shelton] police confiscated nearly 150 songbirds—canaries and saffron finches—from a home at 176 Ripton Road. Police say the birds were being prepared to fight. The raid was led by Shelton Police with help from the Department of Agriculture and officers from Bridgeport, Ansonia, Fairfield, and State Police departments.

What's next for the Constitution State? Combative earthworms?