The act of tattooing and piercing an animal is outrageous and needs to stop immediately. An individual posted a picture of his dog with several piercing's this is a cruel act and needs to stop. Should a picture be posted to any social media site the authorities need to be notified and action taken with a lifelong ban of keeping animals. These are defenceless animals, the pain they must experience is a pure act of cruelty, how can we allow that to happen to a pet. If these individuals loved there pets they would never do this. Any animal taken to a vet for treatment that has been pierced or tattooed must have the power to take the animal into their care and report to the authorities. A recent article has shown how a state in America has taken action on this hideous act. We must follow this action.
Bill Banning Tattooing and Piercing Dogs and Cats Passes Unanimously
Pierced “gothic kittens” brought about bill
By Meredith Carey • 06/18/14 3:10pm
New bill keeps pets out from under the needle. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
No more I Heart Mom tats for Fido.
A bill banning tattooing and piercing in companion animals has passed unanimously in the New York Senate.
Introduced by Manhattan Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, the bill came as a response to a Pennsylvania woman who was selling “gothic” cats online that she had pierced along their ears and down their spines. More outrage came just months ago, when a Brooklyn man inked his pitbull while it was undergoing surgery.
“Frankly after we read that story, we did a quick Google search and unfortunately this practice is beyond ubiquitous. Pierced dogs, pierced cats, tattooed dogs, tattooed cats, there are hundreds of pages of search results,” Ms. Rosenthal’s chief of staff, Lauren Schuster, told the Observer.
Ms. Rosenthal, who has two rescue kittens of her own—Vita and Marlowe—said in a release that these practices violate the trust between pet and owner.
“Tattooing and piercing of companion animals serves no purpose other than to satisfy the aesthetic predilections of the owner, and inflicts unnecessary pain on the animal, pain that they cannot understand or contextualize,” she said.
The bill, which is set to be signed into law by Governor Cuomo, would restrict tattooing to medical and I.D. purposes only.
