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A grey pitbull was found roaming the streets of East Houston on March 18 ... Cropping ears is sometimes a practice carried out by dog fighters, but it doesn't involve taking the full ear off, ...
SACRAMENTO- Coco, a three-month-old Pit Bull, still has his stitches but the scars from what happened to him Oct. 22 are what really cut deep. “Imagine me taking a pair of gardening sheers to ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 3-month-old pit bull named Coco is recovering after having his ears lopped off during an in-home ear cropping, Sacramento officials say. The scars from what happened to ...
A pit bull puppy that had its ears cropped has been rescued by an animal shelter in the Capital. The incident has activists concerned that the dog, and others like it, may have be used in illegal ...
Meet Coco, a three-month-old pit bull from Sacramento who’s currently recovering from an at-home “ear cropping,” a practice that’s only allowed to be carried out by a licensed veterinarian.
A pitbull puppy's owner wants to know if his dog is safe after she was stolen and had her ears cut off and thrown into his yard. He said it's animal cruelty. Tuesday, March 10th 2015, 10:54 pm ...
In March, animal care officials found a pair of pit bull puppies with cropped ears. One had been shot with BB pellets three or four times. The puppy now awaiting surgery was found in September.
“We’re two broken halves who’ve come together to find healing,” says Suné Human from Sandbaai, near Hermanus in the Western Cape. Suné has just adopted one-year-old pit bull Cooper. In the pictures of ...
Adult male, "Blue" (Gray) pit bull, cropped ears, fully intact, approximately 80 lbs, appeared to have chain marks (scars) around neck as if he had been chained up.
At a recent dog show in Maryland, many of the dogs had cropped ears and docked tails. Their owners defended the practice. “A boxer is a guard dog,” says Beth, who raises boxers.
ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – Many dogs that attack people are misidentified as Pit Bulls. Many people have mixed ideas on what they think the dogs look like. Some think the dogs are stocky, others say ...
The RSPCA is warning people not to buy a dog with cropped ears. It comes after a celebrity dog breeder avoided jail for cutting puppies' ears to make them look "tougher". Simon Davis, 34, sold the ...