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Metal protrudes from their little bodies, pierced through their ears and necks with a 14-gauge needle - usually reserved for the thick skin of cattle. And at least one of these 'maimed and disfigured' kittens also had an elastic band tied around its tail - an attempt to stem the blood flow so that the tail eventually falls off.
The woman accused of turning three helpless kittens into 'gothic cats' by piercing them up to 10 times went on trial in the U.S. yesterday, charged with animal cruelty. Dog groomer Holly Crawford, 35, was allegedly selling the pathetic animals online for hundreds of dollars.
Yesterday a vet told the court that the kittens had been maimed and disfigured, and could have died. Melinda Merck, an animal cruelty investigator and veterinarian, said the ear piercings altered the cats’ hearing.
The piercings at the back of their necks and base of tails hampered balance and jumping, local media quoted her as saying. 'They were maimed and disfigured,' she said, adding that if infections had become severe, the three-month-old kittens could have died.
Dr Merck said piercing the kittens' necks produced a feeling of submission that would linger with the silver metal jewellery.
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Sick, sick, stupid moronic woman !!!! and as for the people who buy them ? Even sicker, stupid ggrrrr I get so angry at stories like this !!
