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The commotion was around the corner in Rivas’ hometown, a Los Angeles suburb locals call “Mexican Beverly Hills” for its stately houses and affluent Hispanic families.

It’s Monday afternoon in Madison Heights, a stately Pasadena neighborhood where the seasonal decor is as tasteful and predictable as a Hallmark movie.

A lavender-walled dining room has an impressive sliding glass door with a stately metal tree motif.

When the rapping resumes, the man goes to the window to admit “a stately Raven / of the saintly days of yore.”

The BBC has tracked fighting kennels to unlikely places in the UK – from a busy housing estate to the grounds of a stately home.