Goal: Prosecute and punish couple who allegedly used a kitchen knife to operate on puppy.
A Pennsylvania puppy was allegedly subjected to an unauthorized and painful medical procedure by a dog breeder. According to the state’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) chapter, Ray Martin (with his wife’s reported assistance) performed surgery with a knife he had heated on the English bulldog puppy’s eye in the couple’s kitchen. No pain medication or numbing were apparently provided to the animal during this torturous process.
The alleged act was said to be done in response to a condition known as cherry eye that the puppy had developed. Martin reportedly removed an essential gland around the eyelid. Because the seeming procedure did not include veterinary supervision, this young animal will likely need continued care and treatment for the remainder of his life. For both the alleged crimes of failure to provide veterinary care and for knowingly torturing an ani
Pa. dog breeder cut puppy’s eye with hot kitchen knife: SPCA
Updated 11:06 PM;
A Lancaster County breeder and his wife held down an English Bulldog puppy to perform a medical procedure with a hot kitchen knife last year, according to the Pennsylvania SPCA.
Ray Hoover Martin, of New Holland, was charged with two counts of animal cruelty, including a felony count of intentionally or knowingly torturing an animal and one misdemeanor count of failing to provide veterinary care to an animal at imminent risk of serious bodily injury, the SPCA reported.
Martin, 48, came under investigation after a veterinarian contacted the Pennsylvania SPCA’s Humane Law Enforcement Team on July 3, 2020, after an English Bulldog puppy was brought in for care.