A Scottish woman has been fined after failing to seek veterinary treatment for her American XL bully puppy after its ears were illegally cropped
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An SPPCA investigation found Karma's ears had been mutilated two or three weeks before she was found and her stitches had recently been removed by someone who was not a vet. “This illegal procedure would have caused Karma considerable pain and discomfort for purely cosmetic reasons. In the UK, as ear cropping is a prohibited procedure, any operation is also unlikely to be carried out with appropriate anaesthetic or pain relief.
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