Texas veterinarian who shot cat with bow and arrow is facing police probe

nola.com ^ | William LaRue, National Desk

[trisham]

How sad. The poor older couple who owned this poor cat must be devastated.

[trisham]

Dogs are allowed to roam free in my town, except on trash day.

[Smellin Salt]

Yeah that!

[miss marmelstein]

First of all, it’s unclear that the cat was feral. Secondly, as someone who feeds 2 feral cats, the ASPCA traps them, neuters/spays them and releases them to homeowners to feed and shelter them. That is the way to go - not horribly killing one. By a vet!

[miss marmelstein]

Why didn’t you just spay and neuter them? Surely, someone would have come out and trapped them for you.

[Sequoyah101]

The young twit will need to find a new career. Just stupid.

We have cats and lots and lots of birds and animals around the house. I don’t see the linkage between a well fed pet and a feral cat.

I don’t get these kids. Especially the girls that want to be zena the warrior princess or something. Why can’t they be girls and young ladies instead of trying to grow a pair?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

No collar no tags.

[laplata]

It didn’t always work that way in those days. It was not a huge number of cats.

Ranch and country life is/was different.

Our Vet drove 60 miles to visit and I don’t think he spayed cats.

[Mastador1]

I would think you should be more concerned with what is happening with the Pythons and the Nile Monitor Lizards that are decimating wildlife here in America and let the Australians worry about their pussy problem themselves.

[WKUHilltopper]

Had a cat that always stayed in the house...damn thing lived 19years.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Outdoor (U.S.) cats kill between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds a year, study says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/outdoor-cats-kill-between-14-billion-and-37-billion-birds-a-year-study-says/2013/01/31/2504f744-6bbe-11e2-ada0-5ca5fa7ebe79_story.html

[SkyDancer]

You can view it on Daily Mail. She is one sick person.

[Rome2000]

Is that a problem?

[Mastador1]

And yet the birds still survive, snakes have decimated more bird species than cats. Irregardless for a vet to be enthusiastic about putting an arrow through a small animals head because she thinks it's ferral is pathetic. Birds kill insects nobody cries, cat's kill birds, tragedy! It's nature, been happening forever it only gets screwed up when man in his conceit tries to fix it.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Again, tell the vet lady she can come and stay with me for a couple of weeks. I will protect her from unwarranted attacks and the vile attitude of those who think cats are human even when they’re damaging other peoples’ property and/or harming animals not on their own property. Have her call me at BR-549.

[miss marmelstein]

All vets spay and neuter. I realize it might be different on ranches and that ferals become real predators. But the idea of a vet killing a cat? Don’t like it and she’s already been fired.

[miss marmelstein]

I just discovered a feral near my home today - an obviously kicked out cat. I’ll fed her - she was pretty.

[theBuckwheat]

Shoot, shovel and shut up.

[Jeff Chandler]

Amazing how many Freepers believe in the right of their pet to crap and spray on other peoples’ property.

[Fawn]

That’s a lie. I feed TONS of homeless community cats for many years.. and they aren’t killing things because they are being fed healthy food. Only once have I see a dead RAT head...a gift to me i suppose.