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"Gothic Kittens" sold on eBay in care of SPCA
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Poor little kitty.
Beware sellers on eBay. You may be able to get away with hawking a fake designer bag on the internet, but the minute you start selling pierced kittens, the police will be raiding your house faster than you can say "search warrant."
Tips from concerned buyers on eBay led police to a woman in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, selling kittens whose ears, backs, and necks had been pierced with metal studs and rings.
The woman apparently didn't know what all the fuss was about. She had listed her phone number in her eBay ad. When asked by local SPCA officials why she pierced the kittens, she said she thought it would be "neat."
Lest we need to spell it out for others who don't get it:
If you drive an appliance through the skin of a live animal, especially without anesthesia...you're hurting an animal. It's painful. It's animal cruelty. --SPCA spokesman
The local SPCA had never seen anything like it before. The kittens came in studded, pierced and ringed. One kitten had to have its tail amputated after it had been tied off with a "submission ring."
The raid of the woman's house also turned up a dog whose ears had been pierced. And if that ain't all, she operated a grooming salon from her basement.
The woman will most likely be charged with animal cruelty. The kittens will remain in the care of the SPCA and are not available for adoption. They will be used as evidence in a criminal case against the woman.
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