mumbai a criminal offence has been filed against three people for trying to sell a male american bully pup after performing a banned earcropping surgery on the canineone of the accused karan parkar 26 who claims to be a snake rescuer had put up a message on social media groups along with videos of the pup put up for sale said animal activist vaishali chawhan who stumbled upon one such postthe other two named in the offence are siddharth parkar and leon dcosta said meet ashar petas lead emergency response coordinatorthe pup seems to be less than two months old and is underweight said ashar the canines ears have been crudely trimmed also he suffers from inflammation and infection of the skin after being made to live in unhygienic conditionsit is illegal to perform such traumatising and acutely painful mutilations on dogs said ashar these things are done just to satisfy whims of humans about how these animals should look it is is immoralthe earcropping surgery is done to give a pet a better aesthetic look said chawhan it helps fetch a better sale value she addedthe pups ears have been slapped with layers of tape which were possibly put up to stop the flow of blood said asharsenior police inspector of kasturba marg police station namdeo shinde confirmed that a first information report has been lodged sections under the animal cruelty act have been applied he saidfor now chawhan is fostering the pup the pups medical report mentions suture marks on his ears with a thread used for surgery she said imagine such horrid torture on such a tiny pup