Regular damages (the vet bills plus time and expenses to travel to and from the vet), emotional distress, punitive damages, exemplary damages, plus court costs and reasonable attorney fees...
Assure the dear boy that it is merely a formality. Then get a writ of execution and garnish his bank account one day after he gets paid...so that the checks he wrote to pay bills all bounce....
Then get another writ and go into his house to videotape his personal property...
Oh, yes, the civil justice system can be quite effective...