Claude’s ears mutilated and cut off undergoes emergency surgery

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On Sunday evening, Baltimore City Animal Control received a call about two dogs tied to a tree with several puppies left at an empty lot. When officers responded, they discovered the puppies had been for sale, and one of the puppies had been bleeding from his head; his ears had been mutilated and cut off.

According to the Facebook page of BARCS ,the dogs and puppies were seized and brought back to the shelter. The puppy, dubbed Claude, cried in severe and heartbreaking agony.

“It was clear that the inhumane and cruel removal of Claude’s ears was done using poor instruments (such as household objects), leaving him with tissue damage, pain and infection.

In the arms of our staff, little Claude whimpers and cries. When he hears an interesting sound, he attempts to tilt his head and move what is left of his ears, but only finds himself in more pain. He’s only 10 weeks old, and just trying to do natural puppy behaviors…but he can’t.

What was wrong with the ears he was born with? Nothing.”

Claude underwent surgery on Monday to repair the damage. Tragically, the puppy lost more of his ear structure. Meanwhile, he is being treated with pain medication and antibiotics to fight the infection. The American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Animal Hospital Association, as well as most shelters and veterinarians, oppose the cropping or removal of a dog’s ears. Dogs without ears are more likely to suffer from ear infections. Also, dogs show expression through their body language and use their ears as a part of how they communicate.

There is now an open investigation into this alleged animal cruelty case. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Fritzges with the BCPD Animal Abuse Unit at 443.681.0101.

To help with Claude’s medical care, donations can be made here:

https://barcs.org/donate/medical/

[If you donate on the website, please be sure your gift is dedicated to him, please include his name in the “additional comments” section of the donation form. Facebook donations on this post are already attributed.]

Baby Claude deserves a happy puppy life without pain and suffering. Together, we can give him that.

Get well soon Claude.

(Photos of Claude’s ears mutilated and cut off via BARCS)

More news and updates on National Pet Rescue here.

In the news yesterday: Man accused of slitting throat of his mom’s dog – read more here.

More news: Bears held captive for decades moving to sanctuary – read more here.


Border collie gets so excited watching herself on TV – watch the adorable video here.

Puppy reunited with mom – watch the heartwarming video here.


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6 COMMENTS

  1. Whoever creep asshole who did this d this needs to have his ears nose & whole face cut off & suffer a pInful death poor puppy I pray he will be healed & back to health asap god bless ipuppy bg

  2. No that’s not gonna happen no prison or hell
    But maybe cut the bastard’s ears off that are responsible for this travesty.
    Then and only then will justice be served

  3. Catch the animal torturing monster/s and cut their f—— ears off. Then kill the animal torturing vile and evil monster/s. All animal torturers and abusers must be eradicated from our planet earth, no questions asked just kill the monsters. This planet of ours would be much better off without these animal torturing monsters from hell. They are the monsters and filth on our planet.
    Live a long and happy life Claude. Bless you. Not all humans on our planet are monsters.

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