by Steve Alexander
Published: Tue, July 28, 2009 - 10:09 pm CST
Last Updated: Tue, July 28, 2009 - 10:33 pm CST
Mobile County Animal Control officers are looking for a Grand Bay man.They said they seized more than 200 chickens and other birds from his home.
They said the birds were found in the backyard of a house on Southern Oaks Trail in Grand Bay.
Animal control officials believe the chickens may have been trained for fights.
The county humane officer is looking for the homeowner, Panya Holmes.
Also, the Mobile County Sheriff's Office said Holmes has an arrest warrant out for him on domestic violence charges.
Mobile County Humane Officer Carmelo Miranda said his office got a call from the SPCA about more than 200 birds in the backyard of a home.
Miranda said, "We have found these birds back here haven't been fed. They were attacking each other to get to feed. We have several birds that are dead."
And that's not all.
Miranda said, "We also found paraphenalia that does show that the possibility these animals were trained to to fight in the future. The paraphenalia we got were little what they call 'boxing gloves.'"
While News Five was at the house Tuesday afternoon, a woman who said she's the wife of homeowner Panya Holmes wife drove up.
Ingrid Holmes said she's filing for divorce.
When asked if the birds were used for cockfighting, she said, "Yes, sir."
And she said she's glad the birds were being removed.
Ingrid Holmes said, "I didn't have anything to do with the chickens. I've been wanting to get rid of them for a long time."
Joan Clark lives across the street.
She said she wasn't surprised to learn the birds could have been involved in fighting.
When asked if she had ever complained about the chickens, Clark said, "Yes, sir. But it really hasn't done any good. I mean, I think they go up and kind of slap them on the hand and that's about all that's done."
Clark's son, Scott said, "It's a nice neighborhood. My mom and my grandparents live out here. It kind of worries me."
Besides looking for Panya Holmes, humane officials are also hoping the public will help them find a place to keep the birds.
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