Piercing? Lightweights!
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Posted on 12/18/2008 7:31:38 AM PST by Born Conservative
ROSS TWP. – Three kittens with ear, neck and tail piercings were removed from a home by humane officers on Wednesday.
One of the officers from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Luzerne County said the pierced kittens were being sold as “gothic kittens” on an Internet auction site.
“This is a first,” said Officer Carol Morrison. “It’s unbelievable anybody would do this to kittens.”
Morrison said the investigation began about a week ago when a man from another state noticed “gothic kittens” being sold on eBay. The kittens were also being sold on a pet classified Web site with an attached picture of a pierced kitten.
“You’re not allowed to sell live animals on eBay,” Morrison said.
The man called the phone number that was listed with the kittens, and traveled to the home at 71 Dobson Road, where he saw the pierced kittens, Morrison said.
“He called us and explained what he saw,” Morrison said.
Morrison and two humane officers obtained a search warrant for the home from District Judge John Hasay in Shickshinny at about 3:30 p.m.
Assisted by the state police at Shickshinny, the humane officers traveled to the home located at the end of a long driveway in a remote area of Ross Township.
Humane officers and troopers were inside the home for more than an hour before removing three kittens and a cat just before 5:30 p.m.
“She (the homeowner) thought it was a great idea (to pierce kittens),” Morrison said.
Morrison said charges are likely to be filed against the homeowner.
A dog inside the home was also found with pierced ears, Morrison said.
Morrison said the homeowner has a pet grooming business in the basement of the residence. Several signs advertising “Pawside Parlor” were along Dobson Road and in front of the home.
The kittens also had submission rings placed in their tails, Morrison said, explaining that the rings would prevent blood flow, causing the tails to fall off.
The homeowner and a young girl were inside the home. After humane officers removed the kittens in cages, the window shades were closed and interior lights were turned off.
Morrison said the kittens will be checked by a veterinarian before deciding if the kittens will be placed for adoption.
Piercing? Lightweights!
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They were selling them on ebay. You can side with the person sitting in his or her basement trying to make a buck on unique mutilations, but I don’t. I’m all for tagging, killing, eating meat (heartily) etc. You left out the selling them on ebay part.
You mean like gential mutiliation in africa and the wrapping of feet so they don't grow in china?
You’re right I don’t see ‘selling’ as morally distinct from tagging, killing, eating meat, whatever. And I certainly don’t see selling on eBay as different from selling on most any other venue.
I’m talking about the act, the reason for this article’s existence. The reason the animals were taken away. You think that someone who gets off on punching holes in animals in their basement is fine. If they were living next door to you you might think differently. Just a hunch.
One of the officers people impersonating a cop from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Good question. Doesn’t seem to be much interest in that “mutilation”.
Most people are stupid and capricious.
“You see no difference. Let’s start with size.”
size of what?
They were punching holes in them for asectethic reasons the same as clipping a puppy's ears or docking it's tail. Indeed pretty much the same reason some baby boys are circumcised. There is no medical reason to do that either. I suspect this case will be laughed out of court unless the judge is a lunatic.
I don’t know about the leash, but I wouldn’t mind teaching her to roll over.
“And the tail thing? WTH...cats ‘need’ their tails for balance...”
Not true. Bobcats are born with a stub of a tail at most, and Manx are a breed of domestic cat that is born without any tail at all. Both are just as agile as cats with tails.
I saw a cat one time with diamond earrings sitting in a Mercedes parked next to me at a mall.
I thought, “Who is so vain that they’d get their cat’s ears pierced and give them nicer earrings than most women will ever see?”
Decorative? Entire breeding programs exist for the sole purpose of making a more “decorative” pet...
Punishment in kind is the only suitable thing for this abuse.
In PA Humane Society/Animal Control officers ARE real cops with full arrest powers when it comes to animal cruelty or neglect. County Humane Societies are arms of the county or municipal government.
There are often other shelters like Animal Friends and such that aren’t part of the official structure and operate as non-profit organizations.
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