A man has been convicted and fined for cropping dogs ears in Tullow.
Zeeshan Ali was fined €1000, ordered to pay €3,400 in costs and disqualified from keeping dogs for life.
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The court heard the dogs were found with red inflamed ears due to cropping at a property in Tullow in November 2021.
The stitches were not of medical grade and would have been causing the dogs significant pain – both were taken into ISPCA care.
Mr Ali claimed he did not know ear-cropping was illegal in Ireland.
