Rebecca Coleman, the shelter vet at the Memphis pound on whose watch numerous dogs have starved to death, including a puppy who was forced to eat his own littermate to survive, and who scrubbed a degloved cat's wounds without providing pain medication and left him to suffer in a cage for 5 days has again … Continue reading MAS Vet Strikes Again
Category: veterinary negligence
A Spate of Oops-Killings
The last few posts on the blog have involved pets being needlessly and "accidentally" killed by the municipal shelters charged with protecting them. In Hernando Co, the victim was a dog whose owner, if he had one, wasn't given the legally mandated time to redeem him because the pound oops-killed him before the holding period … Continue reading A Spate of Oops-Killings
Memphis Animal Shelter: Dog Dies, Matthew Pepper Dances
Earlier this month, a pair of family pets escaped their yard and were picked up and brought to the Memphis Animal Shelter. The owner showed up to redeem the dogs who were both intact males. The shelter director, Matthew Pepper, advised the owner that, in order to come into compliance with the new MSN law … Continue reading Memphis Animal Shelter: Dog Dies, Matthew Pepper Dances
CO Dog’s Death was 100% Preventable
A Colorado dog owner took her dog to the vet because she was dehydrated and vomiting. The vet said she'd keep the dog overnight. The next morning, the owner received a phone call from a different vet at another clinic, saying he had her dog and the dog had been hit by a car on … Continue reading CO Dog’s Death was 100% Preventable
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