TX - Veterinarian under investigation for killing cat with arrow.

Not sure how true this is, but I've heard through the Facebook grapevine that Kristen Lindsey is now working as a veterinarian at a livestock auction barn in Texas.

You know, being a "city slicker" as many of us are, I usually picture vets working at clinics, like the one that fired Kristen. However, in rural areas there are also low-profile jobs for veterinarians. Some folks mentioned that she could easily slip through the cracks and find employment.


When I read James Herriot's books, I disocovered that there are two types of vets- those that prefer to work with large animals- farm animals (cows, horses, etc) and those that prefer small animals- pets ( dogs, cats, etc). So she just switched to larger animals.
 
The Tiger's Justice Team is a group of folks who are seriously following this case. Their Facebook is a great source of info:
https://www.facebook.com/tigersjusticeteamnews/

Zandra Anderson, a well known animal law attorney, is helping them out. She attended Lindsey's two day hearing, and posted excellent summaries on the Facebook page.


The Veterinary Information Network has good videos of the hearing:
https://www.facebook.com/VINNewsService/videos

Kristen Lindsey definitely lives up to her smug, arrogant image. Also, she came to court dressed for a night at the honky tonk, and chewed gum during the hearing. Maybe Kristen was trying to present herself as a good ole country doctor? Whatever it was, her lawyer should have told her to shape up.
 
She testified she was unable to find a job.So I kind of doubt the rumors.
http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Te...m-Veterinarian-Kristen-Lindsey-377163841.html

I've just read that Paul Smith, a veternarian who testified on Lindsey's behalf, said he had employed her at one time during the past year. This is in direct contrast to Lindsey's testimony of not being able to find a job! Tiger's Justice Team said she lies like a rug. For example, in her sworn affidavit, Lindsey stated that she shot the cat because it was rabid. However, in a deposition months later, she admitted that she didn't think the cat had rabies, but killed because she thought it was a nuisance. Hmmm. There are other tweaks & turns in Lindsey's story as well. This woman is a piece of work, and so is her lawyer. Blowing smoke for sure.
 
When I read James Herriot's books, I disocovered that there are two types of vets- those that prefer to work with large animals- farm animals (cows, horses, etc) and those that prefer small animals- pets ( dogs, cats, etc). So she just switched to larger animals.

I'd say there are actually 3 types of vets, at least in the UK: small animal vets, farm animal vets and equine vets.

There are vets who specialise entirely in horses and work in the racing industry or rural areas where leisure riding is popular. Although most farm animal vets do treat horses as well, the individual value (financial and emotional) of horses means that many owners would rather use a specialist.
 
I'd say there are actually 3 types of vets, at least in the UK: small animal vets, farm animal vets and equine vets.

There are vets who specialise entirely in horses and work in the racing industry or rural areas where leisure riding is popular. Although most farm animal vets do treat horses as well, the individual value (financial and emotional) of horses means that many owners would rather use a specialist.


I think that's probably the same in the U.S. The horse racing industry probably has specialized vets, but regular farm/ranch horses I think would be treated by a large animal vet.
 
I think that's probably the same in the U.S. The horse racing industry probably has specialized vets, but regular farm/ranch horses I think would be treated by a large animal vet.

No, MelmothTheLost was correct. It's not just racing horse trainers that use equine vets.... I've had hunters/jumpers and reining horses and I would never use a vet that wasn't equine specialty. I have four different vets that I use, and they wouldn't go out for cows or any other large animal....
 
The Daily Mail had an article yesterday about the brutal murder of a specialist equine vet in Colorado:

Cynthia was a well-liked veterinarian and had worked in the Kansas City area at several different animal hospitals, before moving to Burlington, which is located just 30 miles from the Kansas state line near Interstate 70.

There she co-owned a mixed practice veterinary clinic with her husband, as she specialized in equine medicine.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...teen-s-stepmother-robbing-home-pay-drugs.html
 
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/18/texas-board-suspends-license-vet-who-killed-cat.html

A state panel Tuesday suspended the license of a Texas veterinarian who used a bow and arrow to kill a cat that had wandered onto the property where she lived and boasted of the kill online.

The Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners in Austin determined that Kristen Lindsey can't practice for a year because she was cruel to an animal. Her suspension will be followed by four years' probation and other requirements.
 
Kristen Lindsey did a brief interview on Inside Edition yesterday. What a dumb arrogant butt. It sounds like she's actually blaming the Internet for her troubles, yet Lindsey herself enthusiastically posted her atrocious "trophy" photo on Facebook. Lindsey claims she would've never "killed that cat" if she knew it was someone's pet. Hmmm. So, is she now conceding that the cat was indeed Tiger? Has Lindsey ever apologized to the owners? This mixed up narcissist lives inside her lies.

[video=youtube;YC9PR-w9cgI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC9PR-w9cgI[/video]
 
The only job she should ever have is shoveling poop at the elephant habitat at the zoo!
 
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I'd say there are actually 3 types of vets, at least in the UK: small animal vets, farm animal vets and equine vets.

There are vets who specialise entirely in horses and work in the racing industry or rural areas where leisure riding is popular. Although most farm animal vets do treat horses as well, the individual value (financial and emotional) of horses means that many owners would rather use a specialist.
This is correct, my equine vet comes to my farm to treat my horses
but doesn't touch my dogs or cats even though it would be convenient. Equine is a specialty and even then there's lots of
levels of competency among those. Like for lameness problems,
I call in the big gun lameness vet who travels multiple states and
just does lameness.
 

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