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15.11.2022 - 15:39 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A cruel dog owner has been slapped with a 12-month ban on owning, keeping or working with animals after causing "considerable pain and discomfort" to his puppy by illegally cropping his ears.
Kane, a six-month-old American bully, had belonged to Andrew Dean Kirkland, 32, from Airdrie in North Lanarkshire. The dog was seized from Kirkland's care on April 30, 2021, after SSPCA officers attended his property and found Kane to have had his ears clipped.
With worries mounting for his welfare, the pup was rushed to a veterinary surgery where medics discovered that three quarters of both of the flaps on his ears had been removed, thought to be around three weeks earlier. There were also dimples either side of the wound, which indicated the use of suture material - the instruments used during surgical procedures.
At first, Kirkland tried to claim that the dog had been imported from Bulgaria with cropped ears, but officers found several photos on his mobile phone, with some showing Kane as a puppy with intact ears and others where he had fresh wounds from the procedure, while in Kirkland's care.
When confronted with this evidence, Kirkland then claimed he thought ear cropping was legal and had been told it would make Kane less aggressive and keep him from getting into fights with other dogs.
At Airdrie Sheriff Court on Tuesday, August 30, Kirkland pled guilty to causing unnecessary suffering through failing to provide veterinary treatment for injuries caused by a prohibited procedure. At the same court on Monday, November 7, he was slapped with a 190-hour Community Payback Order, to be completed within 18 months.
The Scottish SPCA said that although they are pleased about the punishment, they believe Kirkland had shown a
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