TOTALLY GEEKED!

What an idiot! I hope she never finds work as a Vet, again!

How disgusting!

Poor cat.

I thought the article had to be a joke. Like, Who in the world would be so dumb so this has to be some sort of joke. Nope.

Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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Well, let's be real. Ferral cats are a nuiscance. And, we do sometimes kill animals to control animal populations. But, yeah, as a vet, she should consider that people are going to find that offensive.

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This wasn't a feral cat! It was someone's pet! 

From the article:

3:15 p.m. The cat that was killed with a bow and arrow is believed to be Tiger, a 6-year-old orange Tabby. Tiger went missing Wednesday. Kristen Lindsey posted the picture of the arrow through Tiger’s head at 8:48 p.m. Wednesday night.

Feral or not Vet's don't do this. If it really was feral she should have captured it and taken it to the pound or had the pound catch it. THEN you put it down humanely.

But yeah, killing someone's pet is pretty crappy. They could probably sue her.

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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She looks young. She's probably in her mid twenties if she's only been a vet two years. Maybe not even that old. I would say this is one of those young and dumb mistakes that she was way too stupid to post on social media and now will have to pay for.

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I don't think so, NJN. 4 years of undergrad. (21 or22) 4 years of Vet school (25 or 26) Practicing for two years. She's 27 or 28, would be my guess.

Way old enough to know better.

Shame on her. 

Tangerine wrote:

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Brainless. Why would she put this on Facebook, even if she thought she was completely right to do such a thing?

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Cuz she's AWESOME!   

My thought was that she is part of the millennium generation that thinks everything is okay to post on FB.

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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My thought was that she is part of the millennium generation that thinks everything is okay to post on FB.

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 Well, they do.  They live their entire lives on FB.

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 And honestly I'm sure she thought nothing of it.

Southern_Belle wrote:

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Well this will haunt her forever.

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 I don't think so.  The millenials have short attention spans.  This will be old news and she will just move on to another job and shrug it off.  I really don't think they will view these kinds of transgressions on media in the same light as do older people.  It will soon be forgotten and she will get back to work.  Hopefully a bit wiser.

I agree. Why do dogs have to be leashed but not cats?

The problem with so many pet owners is that they think everybody else loves Fluffy, Rover, and Cuddles just as much as they do.

I can assure you--we don't. Even if they aren't, per se, dangerous--we don't want them pooping in our yards, giving our own pets bad habits, digging in our grandkids' sandbox, being underfoot, or any of the 100 annoying things that YOU don't mind, but we do because they aren't our animals.

This goes also for feral animals.

Now, if this cat was someone's pet, and it wasn't on the vet's property--then she shouldn't have shot it.

If it was a feral cat, then I don't really give a crap, if it was on her property--it may not have been nice, but she's within her rights.

Responsible owners keep their animals on their own property. ALL THE TIME. There's no excuse for them getting out other than irresponsibility.
If they crawl under the fence--then you weren't responsible enough to ensure they didn't do that.

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That's disgusting. Why not have a talk with the owner if the cat is bothering you?

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A.  That assumes there IS an owner.

 

B.  That assumes you know who the owner is.

 

C.  It often doesn't do much good.  They don't really care if their problem becomes yours.  If they were responsible owners, they cat wouldn't be roaming around in the first place.  

msrock wrote:

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And when you are that stupid to post a proud pic of yourself with a dead cat on your arrow... well... you get everything you deserve. No decent vet would ever do that. WTF? I would never take my cat to a vet that did that. She could be the dumbest vet in the world! Stay off of social media dumbass!

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Yeah, that was pretty stupid.  Not everything needs to go on facebook.   

When Huey was younger, he wanted to explore the front yard. We got him a kitty holster. And would take him for walks. On a leash.

It's the law here.

 

We don't have cats. But we also don't let our dogs out of our yard. However, we have often had dogs run into our yard. A lot of times the dogs are out playing with kids or whatever. It never bothered me when they came into my yard. I didn't think of even complaining. If a dog or cat was that much of an issue I'd go speak with the owner first.

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Fort Worth Mom wrote:

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When Huey was younger, he wanted to explore the front yard. We got him a kitty holster. And would take him for walks. On a leash.

It's the law here.

 

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 Wow.  You are an awesome kitty owner.  I let mine roam free... and I'm paying for it.  $3,200 dollars worth.  In my defense, I never owned a cat before and I did not ask for one.  He just became mine.

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A lot of the cat owners around here, let their cats roam, msrock. And, I'm so sad, every time I see a dead cat on the road.

At least once a week, I see one.

I couldn't deal with the guilt. So, we only let ours play in our fenced in, back yard.

The only way we ever let them out front, was on a leash.

It's just safer, for the cats. 

-- Edited by Fort Worth Mom on Friday 17th of April 2015 09:02:13 PM

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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msrock wrote:

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 Wow.  You are an awesome kitty owner.  I let mine roam free... and I'm paying for it.  $3,200 dollars worth.  In my defense, I never owned a cat before and I did not ask for one.  He just became mine.

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 I just have to ask how your cat cost you so much!

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He broke his leg in 2 places.  Major surgery.  He's all good ... for now!  He was outside, roaming around.  Came home with a broken leg.  When we got him, he was abandoned.  I would just let him go in and out as he pleased.  He's my boy though.  I love that little cat to death!

msrock wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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msrock wrote:

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 Wow.  You are an awesome kitty owner.  I let mine roam free... and I'm paying for it.  $3,200 dollars worth.  In my defense, I never owned a cat before and I did not ask for one.  He just became mine.

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 I just have to ask how your cat cost you so much!

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He broke his leg in 2 places.  Major surgery.  He's all good ... for now!  He was outside, roaming around.  Came home with a broken leg.  When we got him, he was abandoned.  I would just let him go in and out as he pleased.  He's my boy though.  I love that little cat to death!

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 Poor kitty!

Like that was even a hard kill. If the cat was a pet it was probably just standing there. Not even fair.

As a not so lover of cats, my first reaction to the heading was, give her a medal, until I saw the photo. What an idiot.

As a kid I can remember when my own cat was in heat, all the male strays hanging out in our yard.  A few got pushed into the pool.

-- Edited by FNW on Saturday 18th of April 2015 06:55:50 AM

The problem with the animal rights nuts, or even cat lovers in general, and feral cats is that while they don't want anyone to kill the feral cats--they don't do sh!t about the problem.

Oh sure, they might throw a few bucks at some animal shelter and think they are helping, but the fact of the matter is, not everywhere even has animals shelters, and even where they exist they can't possibly round up all the feral cats and give them homes, or even euthanize some of them. They don't have the manpower or the funds.

When we lived on our acreage, we had a few outdoor tame cats. Well, they attracted feral cats. The feral cats would fight with them and sometimes hurt the tame cats. They'd steal their food. They'd hiss at us when we came out the door and got too near. They'd set up "house" in our outbuildings and make a mess.

Yeah, I shot 'em, and I don't feel a bit bad about it.

Fort Worth Mom wrote:

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Catch and Kill, isn't the answer to this problem.

Communities have been using Catch and Kill, for decades, in an attempt to reduce the number of feral cats. It's expensive. It's inhumane. And, it's a waste of money. It doesn't work.

Communities who have started TNR programs, are having far more success at reducing the number of feral cats, at about half the cost of euthanizing them.

(If you've never heard of it, TNR stands for Trap/Neuter/Release. Volunteers set live traps to catch the feral cats. They are taken to a participating Vet, to be spayed or neutered. Given their vaccines and a check up. And released back to their colony. The numbers in the colony become stable, and start to decline, if at least 70% of the cats have been fixed. It greatly reduces the number of unwanted kittens in shelters. It also reduces the fighting and spraying that most people complain about, when they live near feral cats. Added bonus...the community still has the benefit of the rodent control that a feral cat colony provides.)

Here's a link to a good article. It's too long to post, but it's a good read, if anyone is interested.

http://community.havahart.com/feral-cats/benefits-tnr-programs-euthanasia/

Many of us cat lover are doing sh!t about the problem. We donate money. We volunteer our time. (Our daughter Meredith was one of the volunteers helping to care for the feral cats on campus, at Texas A&M. She also volunteered at a Cat Rescue, working to socialize feral kittens, so they could be adopted.) An adult feral cat, cannot be adopted into a home. They are just to wild to become a family pet, 99% of the time.

Now granted, this method probably works much better in urban areas. If you live out in farm country, not so much.

The big cities that have tried it, are having great success. At about half the cost, of Catch and Kill.

As a taxpayer, and an animal lover, I support TNR.

 

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That's what I said--giving money isn't doing sh!t. 

Also, who said anything about "catch"?