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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:31 PM Original message |
Woman accused of trying to sell 'gothic kittens' |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm going to regret posting this... |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Precisely. |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Or piercing the ears of a pre-verbal toddler? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. I've heard those screams in the mall. Can't fathom it at all. nt |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
41. Not just toddlers. Crawling babies. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. And infants! |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. No, cropping is worse. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Well, ear cropping is also done for hygienic reasons. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I'm on my second natural ear dane without ever having |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Maybe I did it wrong. Or wasn't determined enough. |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. AIUI, it's done for convenience. There is a difference. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
47. my choco lab had to have her ears cleaned on a weekly basis |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Ear cropping is banned in most or all of Europe |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. True, Shelties get weights taped to their ears. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. weights??! |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Strange, but true. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
44. Most dogs don't need that |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. right, that's why I was so surprised |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. My vet won't crop or dock... |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. good boy/girl! (gives treat) |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. He is the best, best vet I've ever been to. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. I'm going to regret posting this... |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You Bastard! |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. I'm going to regret posting this... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Europeans long ago banned showing dogs with cropped ears... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. Or circumsizing a baby boy, or piercing a toddlers ears? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. . |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. They don't crop Shelties ears |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. They do this to every cow in existence.. why the disparity? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. "Why is it so bad for cats?" The woman isn't doing this to cats, she's doing it to kittens. n/t |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Thank you. Too often we forget that kittens are below the age of consent. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Might? n/t |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. I did compare it to human babies |
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DonEBrook (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's very creepy but I don't see how it's cruel. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I wonder what it does to their hearing and risk of ear infection |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 02:24 AM Response to Reply #15 |
40. No more than getting the round part of your ear pierced |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Hold still while I go get my drill. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Cat's ears are very delicate - not meant for that kind of treatment |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. An ox's nose is exquisitely tender |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. A cat with a ring attached to its body |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. This is just not right........ |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 05:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Whereas children do have a reason for pierced ears? |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Oh no!!!! |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. Good, now I can proceed with my Emo Kitty business |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. I was really wishing this was a fake news story, a la the "Bonsai Kitten" Web site. |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-18-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. She marketed them on the web and |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. This article says the rings were put on cats tails and that |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-19-08 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
45. Oh |
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