The article ended on a good note - she was complaining that her dog grooming business has gone completely plummeted - ""My name's ruined, my reputation's ruined, my business is ruined," she said."

Well, good! The difference between piercing a human, and piercing a kitten? A human being has a choice, and chooses to endure pain for beauty's sake. The human being can be responsible about maintaining the wound. The human being can remove the "earring" is he or she chooses. The kitten had no choice.