Holly Crawford, a 35-year-old from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, had an unusual online business.  She sold kittens.  Lots of people sell kittens, so Holly differentiated herself via good marketing by picking up her piercing kit and marketing pierced, customized gothic kittens.  She used a 14-gauge needle, the likes of which are normally used on cattle, to do her kitty alterations.  Animal experts say that the kittens, which featured ring piercings in the backs of their necks and through their ears, were permanently harmed by the piercings, which changed the way they hear and promoted a permanent submissiveness thanks to the location of the back piercing being the same area where a mother kitten picks up her babies.

Normally, I’m very critical of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and their many publicity stunts, but in this case, PETA activist Amanda Kyle did the grunt work and uncovered, then turned in, Crawford for her cruel and unusual treatment of innocent kittens.  I don’t believe the kittens suffered any more than people suffer when they get piercings, but that doesn’t mean I think it’s good for the kitties to be studded and decorated, either.  Humans have a say in the matter; cats don’t.

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