UK - A woman in Pennsylvania is facing animal cruelty charges for marketing "gothic kittens" with ear and neck piercings.Holly Crawford, a 35-year-old dog groomer, has gone on trial in the northern Pennsylvanian town of Wilkes-Barre. Prosecutors say she inflicted pain on the cats to make money. Defence lawyers for Miss Crawford say she that didn't act maliciously.Her home outside Wilkes-Barre was raided in December 2008 after animal cruelty investigators received a tip that she was marketing the animals online for hundreds of dollars ... (Continue story)
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