Obviously some little rat-fink martinet decided that those four pictures were so outrageous that the perpetrators should be hanged, drawn, and quartered.
One of the comments was particularly noteworthy. lovetehdogs said:
Huh? Exactly how was an animal harmed?
I'd like to go back to the days of common sense...their boss should have said "wth are you doing? knock it off" and everyone would have went on their merry way. But now we have police involved and an "investigation" and "whistle blowers" and someone is going to call for "hearings" and jail time, for sometihng that isn't illegal and didn't harm anyone or anything.
Granted, if the "pen in the mouth" was actually harming the animal, or if it really was Nair'ed, then something should be done. But if it's just a case of vet techs taking stupid pictures then people need to straighten out the priorities of what concerns them on a day-to-day basis.