Slap on the Wrist for Animal Abusing Veterinarian
Dr Reckhi was filmed abusing cats and dogs at his clinic but he has got away with it after a slap on the wrist by the licensing authorities and no criminal prosecution.
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The Paw Project Trash Colorado Veterinary Medical Association’s Defence of Declawing
The Paw Project have completely trashed the arguments – the feeble and well trodden clichéd arguments – of the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) on the subject of cat declawing.
Continue reading →Woman believes her veterinarian negligently killed her dog with Buprenorphine
By Kathy Note: the drug concerned, Buprenorphine, is an extra label drug for use by vets on dogs and cats, therefore this post is relevant to cat caretakers. Extra label drugs can only be used by vets on animals if … Continue reading →
Cat Rescue Rehoming Services Prohibit Declawing
There is a wonderful webpage on Facebook presented by The Paw Project, which lists a host of cat rescue rehoming services and organisations which insist that adopters do not declaw the cat that they are adopting. It is written into … Continue reading →
Kristen Lindsey’s license suspension remains in full effect and she has to pay court costs
On July 20, 2017, Kristen Lindsey and her attorney Brian W. Bishop headed back to court to dispute the Texas State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners’ (the “Board”) Final Decision and Order signed and entered on October 20, 2016. Facebook: Tiger’s … Continue reading →
This is what happened to Oliver before he was taken to Odenton Veterinary Hospital and “euthanized”
Introduction: this is an account of the story about Oliver, the elderly cat unnecessarily euthanized at Odenton Veterinary Hospital, from an entirely different perspective. The author lives in the neighborhood where Oliver lived and has first hand knowledge of what … Continue reading →
Domestic cat bit veterinary technician at clinic and was immediately “euthanized”
This cat should not have been killed by this veterinarian. It was shoddy, lazy veterinary work at best. The story unfolds slowly and in a sinister way. In America rabies is a rare but active and very dangerous disease and … Continue reading →
Nonprofit animal rescue group unethically used terminally ill cat to raise funds
Apparently this happens quite a lot. It is disturbing. A volunteer run, 501c(3) non-profit rescue group called Furrever Grateful Rescue (FGR) used a terminally ill cat, Sandy, with eye cancer, for fundraising. In doing so the cat suffered unnecessarily. As … Continue reading →
Declawed cats pee seven times more often outside litter box than non-declawed cats
Message to cat owners: Do you want to own a cat who refuses to use the litter box and pees on your nice carpet? And is in pain and walks funny? And bites? Your declawed cat can’t scratch your sofa … Continue reading →
Vaccination in Cat Shelters Is Absolutely Essential
A recent article by Elisa Black-Taylor about an outbreak of feline panleukopenia (aka feline parvovirus, feline distemper) at the Hartnett County Animal Shelter got me thinking. The outbreak resulted in the euthanasia of all the cats in the shelter in … Continue reading →