160,000 sign petitions to strip American Crufts winner of title following 'animal cruelty'

Crufts this year has become embroiled in another wave of controversy after 160,000 people have signed petitions across the world to strip American winner Rebecca Cross of her 'Best In Show' accolade, after she was filmed picking up her five-year-old Scottish terrier Knopa by his neck and tail, reports femalefirst.co.uk, continued.