Many people want pets with cropped tails and ears, but this is a cruel practice that can hurt the animal. Hong Kong experts are calling for stronger animal cruelty laws to stop cases of dogs being ...

Joey Essex has returned his Doberman puppy after being left "horrified" to discover the canine's ears appeared to have been cropped. The 32-year-old TV star had planned to adopt the pooch from a ...

A dog owner who paid someone £400 in Birmingham to carry out an 'extremely painful and unlawful procedure' on his pet to make it look scarier has avoided a jail term, a court heard. Lee Fazakerley ...

A vile man who cropped both of the Doberman's ears and left them hanging off has been banned from owning dogs for life. Ali Raza Nazam, 27, was handed a 12-week prison sentence suspended for one year ...