Officers: Pierced ‘gothic kittens’ marketed on Web

Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Humane officers say a Pennsylvania woman marketed “gothic kittens” with ear, neck and tail piercings over the Internet.

Officers with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals removed three kittens and a cat Wednesday from a home outside Wilkes-Barre, about 20 miles southwest of Scranton.

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Wayne Harvey, SPCA kennel attendant, holds one of three kittens that were taken from a home in Ross Township, Penn., because some of its body parts were pierced.

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Officer Carol Morrison says the society got a tip that the Ross Township woman was selling the pierced kittens on the Internet.

She says, “It’s unbelievable anybody would do this to kittens.”

Charges are likely against the homeowner, whose name was not released.

Morrison says the woman has a pet grooming business in the basement of her home.