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Pierced Cats Sold on eBay

Updated 1:08 AM EDT, Fri, Dec 19, 2008

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Wayne Harvey, SPCA kennel attendant, holds one of three kittens that were taken from a home in Ross Twp., Penn. because some of its body parts were pierced.

 

Humane officers say a Pennsylvania woman marketed "gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings over the Internet.

Officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County removed three kittens and a cat from a home outside Wilkes-Barre.

Officer Carol Morrison says the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raided the Ross Township home on Wednesday after getting a tip that the woman was selling the pierced kittens on eBay.

"It's unbelievable anybody would do this to kittens" she said.

Charges are likely against the homeowner, whose name was not released.

Morrison says the woman has a pet grooming business in the basement of the home.

Copyright Associated Press

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  • vetgirl Wednesday, Feb 18 at 5:08 PM FLAG COMMENT well.... in a country where cutting their claws out is legal.....
  • erin Wednesday, Feb 4 at 9:21 PM FLAG COMMENT whats so bad about it? i mean it doesn't hert if you take care of them right!!! i get that some people don't thought!
  • disgusted Friday, Jan 2 at 10:27 PM FLAG COMMENT Those people have no hearts. Hurting kittens like that...
  • Nikita Wednesday, Dec 31 at 8:19 AM FLAG COMMENT Speak for yourself Bren - I would NEVER take my children to be pierced under a year old - and I wouldn't allow them to have it done until they were at least teenagers. As for piercing kittens - well, just read Orli's post, all the information you need is right there.
  • ebaysellerssuck Monday, Dec 29 at 7:38 AM FLAG COMMENT like i said before, ebay sellers are inbreds.

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