RE: Profession accused of fleecing pet owners

Maya J — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:21:27 GMT

The article was obviously meant to be inflammatory and get everybody's backs up, but he succeeded in his goal very well in our practice. The accusations and sweeping generalisations he makes are horrendous. I would like to see his response to being offered euthanasia as the only option if he was to injure a leg or develop cancer himself as this seems to be his chosen course of action in pets. He seems to suggest that any attempt to treat these animals is against animal welfare. I hope that the readers of his article have not taken what he says as the truth as it will make the rest of our jobs harder than they already are. Any form of surgery or medical treatment is relying on the fact that the animal will benefit from what we are doing, and as human beings with the benefit of foresight i think we are in our right to offer these sorts of choices. I do not think there are any vets out there that would put an animal through procedures that they did not hope would benefit the patient in the long run. All i can hope is that the Daily Mail did exaggerate and sensationalise what was actually said.

Maya

RE: Profession accused of fleecing pet owners

Hannah Wynne Richards — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:40:32 GMT

He hasn't responded to my challenge to name and shame the veterinary surgeons he claims are guilty of unethical practices

Wynne