CORSICANA, Texas (AP) – Officers seized $170,000 in cash, about 300 birds, several guns, drugs and enough alcohol to fill the back of a pickup during a raid at a cockfight, the Navarro County Sheriff's Department said Sunday.

Nearly 200 people were charged with gambling after officers raided a cockfighting operation Saturday that included bleachers for spectators and a concession stand, authorities said.

The owner of the property was charged with felony cruelty to farm animals, according to the sheriff's department.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said it was the largest seizure of birds in Texas with which it had ever been involved.

In a separate incident in Houston, 41 malnourished pit bulls were seized from a breeding operation. An animal-protection official said some had scars indicating that they had been used for fighting.

In Navarro County, officials said 32 officers from the sheriff's department and the Corsicana police SWAT team raided the residence of Adolfo Gabriel Luna on Saturday evening.

The sheriff's department said that by 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, 196 people had pleaded guilty to gambling charges before a justice of the peace, who held court at the scene.

Mr. Luna, 43, was taken to the county jail to await arraignment, authorities said.

Officers worked through the night, searching several buildings on the 30-acre property about four miles west of Emhouse, and authorities said further charges were possible. The town is about 50 miles south of Dallas.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said 343 chickens were taken from the facility and would be held until a March 24 hearing before the justice of the peace in Corsicana, who will decide their fate.