A man has been disqualified from keeping all animals for two years after it was discovered he allowed his dog's ears to be chopped off. Ramadan Murtati, 20, ignored warnings from the RSPCA that cropping dogs ' ears is an illegal and painful procedure done purely for cosmetic reasons - but he decided to go ahead with it anyway.
Murtati, of Walthamstow, appeared in Leicester Magistrates Court on October 19 after failing to prevent the ears of a 15-week-old XL bulldog from being hacked by another person. The court heard that Murtati had previously asked vets and the RSPCA where he could go to get the dog's ears cropped, and they advised him against it.
