EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A woman who police say had surgical procedures conducted on several puppies at an East Providence car wash is facing criminal charges.
East Providence police launched an investigation into Kayla Card in February after receiving a tip from the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RISPCA).
According to the police report obtained by Eyewitness News, the RISPCA shared a log of messages between Card and a Smithfield man indicating she had eight puppies’ ears “cropped” at the Taunton Avenue car wash on at least two separate occasions.
The police report describes ear cropping as a procedure in which a dog’s ears are cut off for aesthetic purposes.
The conversations also described the removal of “cherry eye,” or a prolapsed tear duct near a dog’s eye.
The report indicates the man told Card he charged $150 per dog for the “ear cropping” and $100 per eye for the removal of “cherry eye.”
Police said Card was uncooperative when she was approached about the messages by an animal control officer.
Card told the officer she had the dogs’ ears cropped at a veterinary clinic in New Jersey, according to police.
Initially, she told police she did not know the man but eventually admitted to knowing him and said he was licensed to perform the procedures.
Police checked with the clinic and learned her name was not on the list of ear croppings performed there during the weekend she had indicated.
Card, 28, of North Providence, was issued a summons for harboring three unlicensed dogs at the car wash and was charged with cruelty to animals, conspiracy, and obstructing police.
Card was arraigned on the charges in court Tuesday and ordered to surrender all of her dogs to police as a condition of her bail.
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