What is the ruling on cutting off half of the ear of a Syrian goat when it is born in order to add a touch of beauty to it?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some people cut off half of the ear of a Syrian goat specifically when it is born to add a touch of beauty to it. Is this action forbidden? It is known that the animal may not feel it because it is small at birth.

Answer:
The young one feels pain, but it does not realize it, saying, "You hurt me," and it does not feel pain, whether small or large. So this is not permissible; this is not permissible. It is cutting off the ears of the animal, which is tormenting it, and this is its creation, and it needs the ears. Allah did not create these ears in vain; there is a benefit for the animal in them. If you cut them off, you deprive the animal of that benefit. Yes.