Teen accused of posing as vet tech, faces animal cruelty charges.

A 19-year-old woman faces felony charges, after allegedly cropping a puppy's ears without a license, and botching the job. Brandi Seipe appeared before a judge on Wednesday, charged with practicing veterinary medicine without a license and animal cruelty.Graphic pictures from Palm Beach County Animal Control show what the charges are all about - a pitbull puppy with his ears cropped unevenly too close to the head, says a real veterinarian. The cuts to the puppy's ears were apparently sutured with fishing line. "He was very drugged up," recalled Natalie Nunez, the owner of the puppy, named King. "He was scared and acting crazy." Nunez says she was given contact information for Seipe, who allegedly offered to crop King's ears for just $80. Nunez says Seipe told her she was a veterinary technician who worked at a vet's office, and performed ear croppings at her home on the side. When Nunez went to pick up King, she noticed something was wrong.Nunez then took King to a licensed veterinarian, who alerted Animal Control. "I feel bad that I put him in that situation," said Nunez, who adds King is doing well now. But Nunez says she's had many extra vet bills because of what happened."Very angry, very angry," said Nunez. "She says she's done other people's dogs. So I'm sure there's plenty of other people out there that don't know about the situation." The judge allowed Seipe's release from jail on Wednesday. If convicted as charged, Seipe potentially faces five years in prison, and a year in jail.more