Posted on 02/05/2010 8:34:21 AM PST by JoeProBono
A Rhode Island man who says he couldn't afford medical care for his dog has been charged with illegally operating on the pet.
Alan MacQuattie recently removed a cyst from the leg of his 14-year-old Labrador mix. The dog was operated on again by professionals to deal with an infection from the first surgery.
E.J. Finocchio, a veterinarian and president of the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, calls the surgery a "heinous crime."
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Gee, if this were legalized, Schmuck Schumer would need tons of body guards.
I remember a few years back, Linda Plettner (iditarod musher) made the papers. She had taken 6 dogs from an owner, trying to make them into sled dogs for local kids dogteams. These dogs were vicious and couldn't be trusted with kids. Linda took them to Humane society to have them killed. HSA went right to the papers trying to make Plettner look bad. Reason was Linda had sponsored a cheap rabies clinic and the vets hated her; were friends with Humane Society. She should have just them herself. Crooked Vets.
Naw. Chuckie the Rat is beloved in the liberal bastion of NYC. It’s parts of the rest of the state where he’s not popular.
Dr. Finocchio accused the man of a fennel-y, I mean a felony...
The problem here is that other government meddling really does make this cruel. Obviously the man’s intentions were excellent, and if he could freely purchase local anesthetic like novocaine for the surgery, and antibiotics to prevent infection afterwards, most likely the dog would have been just fine.
Our cat brought back a half dead mouse but wouldn’t finish it off. I didn’t want to see the mouse suffer any more so I decided to put him out of his misery with a sledge hammer but I didn’t want to risk a glancing blow and only cause more suffering, so I laid a board over him and hit the board with the sledgehammer as hard as I could. He never saw it coming. It was instantaneous. All that was left was a stain.
That would get you arrested in a liberal city.
The tip-off? When he said, “If you want me, I’ll be in my Lab.”
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