It will soon be a crime to pierce or tattoo your companion animal anywhere in the state ... kittens and selling them on the Internet as “gothic.” Rosenthal’s bill was introduced soon ...

Animal advocates hope people will move to having pets “microchipped” instead. Last year, a North Carolina man came under fire for putting tattoos on his two dogs. Ernesto Rodriguez ...

A woman who attempted to turn three kittens into ‘gothic cats’ by piercing their ears and necks and removing their tails has been found guilty of animal cruelty. Groomer Holly Crawford ...

has been convicted of animal cruelty. Crawford, a dog groomer by trade, had been marketing so-called ‘gothic kittens’ -- with piercings in their ears and necks -- for sale on the Internet ...