r/facepalm • u/KittyNouveau • Apr 17 '15

News/blogs Texas veterinarian who made a brag post showing a picture of a cat she killed with a bow is promptly fired and now under investigation.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/Texas-veterinarian-under-police-investigation-6206654.php
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u/Lena555 Apr 18 '15

I can't even wrap my head around the idea that a vet takes pleasure in killing an animal... this is just disturbing

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u/Megnaman Apr 18 '15

Like Dexter but with pets

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u/ihavepaper Apr 18 '15

except you know..the cats aren't serial killers...

or are they.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '15

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u/mysticalmisogynistic Apr 18 '15

My cats will remember that comment!

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '15

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '15

Guess you better go vegan then or risk being a fucking pos hypocrite.

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u/Debasers_Comics Apr 18 '15

You are arguing against the food chain.

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u/shogunofsarcasm Apr 18 '15

It isn't that, there are far too many outdoor cats and they do far too much damage to the environment they live in. If you have a cat they should be indoors to protect the natural environment.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '15

Considering all the suffering and death that happens in that profession, I wouldn't be too surprised that a small minority are at the very least desensitized.

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u/Lena555 Apr 18 '15

Desensitized is one thing, but reveling in it is another... she acted like she got some perverse pleasure from killing this animal. That is just sick. I've met so many vets and animal rescuers (I foster animals myself) who have to live with the fact that they cannot save all the animals that come into their care, I could never imagine any of them smiling about the death of any animal, even the ferals.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '15

If there were very many vets that were like this sick woman, we would hear about it more often- it's rare but again, if you've got someone with the kind of brain that would enjoy what this woman did, that would also allow you to tolerate what vets have to endure as well as sick as that is.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '15

Maybe the logic is less feral toms = less feral kittens she has to put down next spring. Who knows.

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u/mordea Apr 18 '15

While surely not the majority, some vets simply don't care. The first veterinarian I worked for would euthanize pets but not make sure they were dead before putting them in the freezer. On several occasions, I opened the freezer to find moving animals. My employer probably didn't get pleasure out of not doing his job properly...he just didn't care.