A tattooed dog in China and the owner's impunity (5 photos)

There was a big pet show in Shanghai, China. And a dog owner was kicked out of the show because he brought a tattooed dog there and then bragged that the tattoos were done without anesthesia.





The dog looks pretty impressive, I must admit

The Shanghai show is one of the largest pet industry events in Asia. And there was a Mexican hairless dog, age undisclosed, covered in large, colorful tattoos. He had an intricate dragon tattoo that ran from his back to his upper legs. The dog also had a gold chain and a wristwatch.



He was walking around the exhibition like this because the owner was showing off

The Chinese owner encouraged people to take pictures and claimed that no anesthesia was used during the tattooing. He even picked up the dog by the collar, telling passersby: “See? It doesn’t hurt at all. It doesn’t feel anything.” The dog didn’t look happy at all. Rather, it was scared and didn’t eat anything. After the uproar, the event organizers banned the owner of the dog with the tattoo from entering the event.





A tattoo up close, do you really think it doesn't hurt!?

Lv, the tattoo artist who did the "dog job", said that the tattoo was done in June last year. And that the dog's owner insisted on not using anesthesia, saying that the Mexican hairless breed of dog is less sensitive to pain. In the end, the artist agreed to do the job. At that time, he did not consider it cruelty to the animal, although he was worried about the dog. Although it is still doubtful that any dog ​​can simply withstand multiple small injections directly into the skin.



I honestly thought that these were temporary tattoo stickers

The thing is that in China right now there is an incredible boom in pets, especially small dogs. People prefer a pet when they can't afford a family. And there is a whole layer of owners who come up with new ways to "show off" their animals. So I wrote that there are veterinary plastic clinics where animals' ears are cut off so that they are round and cute. This operation is called "Mickey Mouse ears".

Can dogs get tattoos?



Cat gets pierced while under general anesthesia

China's Wildlife Protection Law only provides legal protection to wild animals, leaving domestic and stray animals with virtually no protection. That means he has the right to prick a dog however he wants.