Sunan Abu Dawood, Chapter: Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah)

The Messenger of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) passed by the market when on his return from one of the villages of 'Aliyah. People accompanied him from both sides. On the way he found a dead kid with both its ears joined together. He caught hold of it by its ear. He then said: Which of you likes to take it? The narrator transmitted the tradition in full.