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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 11:18 PM Oct 2015

Veterinary Board Seeks To Revoke License For Texas Vet Who Killed Cat With Arrow

Source: Huffington Post Australia

Dr. Kristen Lindsey is appealing the decision.

The Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners has made a decision about what to do with Kristen Lindsey, the veterinarian who bragged on Facebook about killing a cat with a bow and arrow: It wants to revoke Lindsey's license.

That decision has been a long time coming, and is of great relief to animal advocates, who have been clamoring for justice for the cat -- believed to be a pet named Tiger, who enjoyed riding around on his caretaker's tractor.

But it's not quite the end of the road. Lindsey is appealing.

"The board's decision was just and necessary to protect the welfare of animals," three members of a group called Tiger's Justice Team -- Jean Salyer, Betsy Anderson and Gisele Milsaps-Flanigan -- told The Huffington Post by email. "This is a great victory, but not the final victory. The process will take time."

Lindsey put up the gruesome Facebook post in April. (You can see it here.) She was fired from the Washington Animal Clinic in Brenham, Texas, soon thereafter. But a grand jury found "insufficient proof" to charge her with a crime.





Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/kristen-lindsey-veterinary-license-revoked_560d75cfe4b0768127011879
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Veterinary Board Seeks To Revoke License For Texas Vet Who Killed Cat With Arrow (Original Post) Little Tich Oct 2015 OP
I am really glad to hear this. TDale313 Oct 2015 #1
I am so relieved! Ino Oct 2015 #2
Good! n/t BuelahWitch Oct 2015 #3
Kick Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #4
Very good. 840high Oct 2015 #5
How much money does she have? Maynar Oct 2015 #6
No criminal charges. TexasTowelie Oct 2015 #9
Yeah, who hasn't shot a cat now and then? Human101948 Oct 2015 #10
As a cat owner and lover I was very upset about the decision. TexasTowelie Oct 2015 #11
Excellent. n/t whathehell Oct 2015 #7
Some good news, for a change. Thanks. (N/T) Old Crow Oct 2015 #8
I cannot imagine anyone wanting that gal to be their vet Skittles Oct 2015 #12

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
1. I am really glad to hear this.
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 11:27 PM
Oct 2015

This was a horrific act, and the fact that she was a Vet made it even more disturbing. I wish she had been charged, but at the very least she should never practice Veterinary Medicine again.

Maynar

(769 posts)
6. How much money does she have?
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 01:17 AM
Oct 2015

How long can she string out an appeal?

Assuming not a lot, I look forward to her facing criminal charges.

It's the least we can do.

Fucking psychopath.

 

Human101948

(3,457 posts)
10. Yeah, who hasn't shot a cat now and then?
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 05:13 AM
Oct 2015

In many rural areas shooting feral cats is pretty standard procedure—though if you mention this to gentile suburbanites or hip urban-dwellers don’t be surprised when one of them drops their chocolate martini* and faints from shock.

http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/2010/05/shooting-feral-cats

Ooops! That was your pet? Sorry!

TexasTowelie

(111,292 posts)
11. As a cat owner and lover I was very upset about the decision.
Fri Oct 2, 2015, 05:34 AM
Oct 2015

What is even worse is that I lived in Brenham where she worked as a vet. I'm thankful that when I had my calico spayed (the one in the lower left corner of my sig line) I went to a different clinic.

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