MAN TATTOOS DOG, FACES INVESTIGATIONS

A North Carolina Army veteran and tattoo artist is under fire from animal cruelty groups after a photo of his tattooed pit bull made the rounds online.



Ernesto Rodriguez is facing an investigation by Stokes County Health Department and Animal Control after he tattooed his five-month-old American pit bull, Duchess, at the tattoo parlor he operates out of his basement.



Rodriguez said he inked Duchess for identification purposes, using an emblem that supposedly represents her bloodline.