Woman accused of trying to sell 'Goth Kitties"

[ureapwhatusow]

Woman accused of trying to sell 'gothic kittens'

Pet groomer marketed felines with ear, neck and tail piercings on eBay
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updated 4:22 p.m. ET, Thurs., Dec. 18, 2008
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Humane officers said 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 said the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raided the 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," Morrison said.

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

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

 

[ureapwhatusow]

i see infants with pierced ears they bob dog tails and the such

conversely i am against animal cruelty and i think its cruel to force a cat to go GOTH when they are really seem to be more EMO to me

 

[ureapwhatusow]

when i read the story the B-52's rock lobster started playing in my head

they werent singing rock lobster tho it was goth kitty

 

[sirgrassalot]

My pooch was inked when he was a very young puppy. He never bitches about it. If this isn't a crime in the books (piercing a kitten) and there's no unattended infections than it's nothing more than a overzealous spca employee.

 

[NiteTiger]

I didn't think I would be saying this when I read the title, but I think I agree with you guys

 

[Storm Crow]

There is a long history of giving cats earrings- look at the ancient Egyptian statuettes of cats. Most have gold hoop earrings and I even remember one that had multiple earrings on each ear. (I've seen folks with similar ear adornment recently.)

This is no different than bobbing a doberman's tail and ears! I see cows everyday with these goodly sized plastic tags attached through their ears. Rabbits (and many other animals are tattooed for ID purposes. No one raises much of a stink about it. This gal is getting busted for the IDEA, not the act! Ahhhh..."thought-crimes"! Deviant thinking! Can't have that!

There was also a similar case years ago, but it involved the death of a goat. Some idiot goths were sacrificing it in a ritual, gold earrings and all. They cut the goat's throat- no different than has been done to slaughter goats for meat for the last few thousands of years, but they got busted. The only real difference in the end was the earrings and the goths were wearing costumes! Can't remember how it came out.

Small injuries heal quickly on cats, so I see this as no worse than an injection from the vet without any health benefits. If the cats were otherwise in good health, where's the beef? I expect that the case will be thrown out- thinking "goth" isn't a crime...yet.


Granny

 

[ureapwhatusow]

so i googled goth kitty vs emo kitty and this is what i got

 

[kenned]

so i googled goth kitty vs emo kitty and this is what i got

AAARRHH!!! Best pics whole day!!! hahahaha

 

[GET MO]

As long as they dont dress the boy cats up like girl cats then its okay, but misleading cats like that would be a sin. Death To HERMAPHRADITES.

 

[ItsGrowTime]

Im still trying to figure out how a private non-profit organization (ASPCA) can "raid" someone's home? It is unacceptable, nevermind unconstitutional, for a private group to be given police powers to raid private homes.

And I agree with the above posters about this being an overzealous employee (aka tree hugger with nothing better to do). People bob tails, clip ears, spay, neuter, inject numerous vaccines, declaw, etc their pets and it is perfectly legal. I see this as just another attempt of special interest groups to use government to intrude into people's personal affairs. This demonstrates a big part of the downfall of the US.

 

[Space Ghost]

and lets not forget that most if not all service dogs are tatted up as puppys, a little numerical code on the inside of the ear, that's got to hurt more than getting a piercing.

 

[The_Leader]

cows have nose and ears rings, pigs are pierced, we tat dogs ears on birth if we dont chop them off along w/the tails....i dont get it?

i do agree though about the emo view, but my cats more ninja.....lol

 

[RudolfTheRed]

Anyone selling goth kittens needs to meet my Louisville slugger.

 

[arcticsun]

who is the fucked up customer that buys a molested cat?

must be those guys that named their kid adolf hitler, goes fine with the goth theme and the stupidity.

 

[NOKUY]

i guess when u get tired of carving the word "death" into your arm w/ a razorblade the next logical step is to poke sum holes into cats, and hit up the ebay scene for sum cash.

 

[FRIENDinDEED]

maybe its just me and if it is ill accept that, but i just think that animals should be free. im ont apet person but oh well.

 

[happyherb]

hmmmmmmmm sad .HH. =]-~

 

[arcticsun]

exclution through social stigma to create dependancy and submission to order.

this is what these goth kids feel like. and its the exact same mechanism we as illegal substance (ab)users become victim of. we create these monsters through not understanding that their way of misbehaving derives from the same injustice and intolerance we are subject to ourselves.

get me right now, i am not saying it is ok to molest your cat and sell it on ebay. but i am saying this type of lack of empathy is created by the feeling of loss of purpose and cruelty of social exclution. the way this person behaves is a sick symbolic action, which given alittle thought pretty much sums up the treatment we/she is herself subject to. we are poked, pierced and sold in our civilisation.

basically monkey see, monkey do!

so.. this is the great dilemma and enigma facing our generation on this earth. embrace the worst in yourself or eliminate it. that or the worst in you eliminates you!