How can they NOT authenticate the photo? This is ridiculous. Are they even going to try? The pressure needs to be put on LE to do their job in this instance.
What does SSS mean? (Neither Acronym Finder nor Urban Dictionary provided an answer that made sense.)
You canât separate the act of killing the cat from the gloating about it on Facebook, and those who are talking about a âferal cat problemâ are missing half of the picture. She showed cruelty, callousness, and an utter lack of judgment. If someone took a pet to be euthanized, and the vet then posted a picture on Facebook bragging about how much fun it was to kill it, it would be wrong. The fact that this was healthy, beloved pet just makes it worse. She shouldnât be a vet. Period.
P.S. I donât care whether or not sheâs actually prosecuted as long as she does not practice veterinary medicine. It would also be nice if she gets psychiatric help.
SSS = Shoot, Shovel, and Shut up.
Shoot
Shovel
Shut up.
I hate it.
Thanks 
Urban Dictionary said Shit, Shower & Shave :lol:
Well, yeah, that too! LOL!
I feel ill just thinking about this story 
I am not a cat owner, but this story bothers me. Why wasnât the cat neutered? Why was he loose? Shouldnât he have had a break away collar to show he was owned and not a feral, rabid, cat? If he was lost, why hadnât the owners put up signs in the neighborhood so people would look for him and return him safely. Who set the leg trap and are they legal?
In our neighborhood, all of the loose cats were eaten by coyotes. Loose cats donât survive long. It seems the owners here were irresponsible. Unfortunately for the cat, he ran into a nut job with a bow and arrow. That poor cat didnât have a chance.
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I am not a cat owner, but this story bothers me. Why wasnât the cat neutered? Why was he loose? Shouldnât he have had a break away collar to show he was owned and not a feral, rabid, cat? If he was lost, why hadnât the owners put up signs in the neighborhood so people would look for him and return him safely. Who set the leg trap and are they legal?
In our neighborhood, all of the loose cats were eaten by coyotes. Loose cats donât survive long. It seems the owners here were irresponsible. Unfortunately for the cat, he ran into a nut job with a bow and arrow. That poor cat didnât have a chance.[/QUOTE]
The cat was probably neutered. He was loose because he lived on a farm, like many farms who have barn cats, although I donât know if he was actually a barn cat - he could have been an indoor/outdoor kitty. He was only missing for 1-2 days. Here is a video of him riding the farmâs Gator with his owner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhPiqSYgPuE&hc_location=ufi
As for collars, breakaway collars usually break away pretty quickly, and in this particular case, from what Iâve read, it wouldnât have mattered had he been collared. The person who killed this cat did this heinous crime for the âsportâ of it (and to âpracticeâ her bow hunting âskillsâ). Her story that it was a âferal tom catâ is totally bogus. You are right, though - that cat ran into a nut job with a bow and arrow and didnât have a chance.
I believe this was an indoor cat that accidentally got out. I am 95% sure it was neutered. There was an active search for the missing cat.
My barn cats are outdoor only and I am sure they sometimes get on the neighbors property. I have 40 acres and the neighbor has 20. I would expect if the cats were bothering them, they would come talk to me about the problem before killing my cats.
No one wants their local vet to be the type of person that kills a neighborâs cat and than posts about it in a cavalier, bragging manner.
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I am not a cat owner, but this story bothers me. Why wasnât the cat neutered? Why was he loose? Shouldnât he have had a break away collar to show he was owned and not a feral, rabid, cat? If he was lost, why hadnât the owners put up signs in the neighborhood so people would look for him and return him safely. Who set the leg trap and are they legal?
In our neighborhood, all of the loose cats were eaten by coyotes. Loose cats donât survive long. It seems the owners here were irresponsible. Unfortunately for the cat, he ran into a nut job with a bow and arrow. That poor cat didnât have a chance.[/QUOTE]
Was the cat not neutered? I havenât seen that he was not.
I know quite a few people that have indoor/outdoor cats, as well as outdoor barn cats. Whether you agree with it or not, in many places there is no leash law for cats. In my city, there is not and animal control will not pick up a cat unless the cat is injured. Residents can trap feral cats and take them to the shelter, but they must pay a fee to do so. Once at the shelter, the cats are altered and vaccinated and then made available to barn homes offering them food, water, and shelter for free. I think feral cats make the best barn cats.
Very few feral cats are rabid. Cats can get their collars caught on branches and other things outdoors, so it is only safe for them to wear a breakaway collar. Many cats will not even do that. If the cat will wear it, it is designed to easily come off.
There may have been signs. Obviously this vet is perhaps a person who doesnât believe in having cats outdoors, probably because of wildlife. I can understand that perspective, but her ideology hurt a cat that was clearly loved, and her neighbor, and likely damaged her relationship with clients - many of whom probably have barn cats.
I have cared for a wonderful feral cat for years. She has been spayed. I will be catching her in the next few weeks to have her vaccines updated. She is fed every day. She lives in an area with coyotes and other wildlife. She has a garage she spends a lot of time in, and that might help. I think she has had a pretty good life so far, and isnât torn up or scraggly at all.
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I am HORRIFIED by her actions but she was a large animal vet so it wasnât like she was alone with peopleâs pets. She had been to my place several times and was actually nothing but professional. (I was truly shocked when I discovered this on Friday.) I am glad she had been fired and I will trust the proper authorities to handle the criminal investigation and the review of her license.[/QUOTE]
If the clinic had a small animal practice, she had the opportunity.
And it is just as easy to torture large animals as small ones.
To me, pointing out that the cat may have been feral or may have been unneutered as a defense is very puzzling. Does that mean that it is okay to torture an animal for those reasons? I donât think there is a defense for what this woman did, and I agree with the poster who hopes she gets psychiatric help. Killing someoneâs pet cat and posting it on FB appeared at about the same time on FB as the womanâs selfie lying next to a bloody giraffe she had shot. Shooting a giraffe seems about as difficult as shooting a jersey cow in a field, and I find her act very disturbing as well, but at least it was a humane kill.
The situation is bad enough without making huge, unfounded leaps. She treated my horses on several occasions and was nothing less than professional. I am confident there was no abuse of patients at the clinic. The way the clinic works, the small animal vetâs and large animal vets are separate. I believe I am the only one on the thread with direct knowledge and experience with the clinic and this vet. Stop making unfounded accusations. /end of rant
I am glad she got fired. She deserves whatever is coming her way. But the clinic doesnât deserve to be attacked because of her actions outside of work. I have been a client for 7 years and Dr. Buenger runs a great clinic. Iâve never had a bad experience at the clinic and have not heard any local people say a bad word about them. The local animal rescue is supporting the clinic and will continue to utilize their services.
The attacks on the clinic only show there are many types of crazy on the internet.
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The situation is bad enough without making huge, unfounded leaps. She treated my horses on several occasions and was nothing less than professional. I am confident there was no abuse of patients at the clinic. The way the clinic works, the small animal vetâs and large animal vets are separate. I believe I am the only one on the thread with direct knowledge and experience with the clinic and this vet. Stop making unfounded accusations. /end of rant
I am glad she got fired. She deserves whatever is coming her way. But the clinic doesnât deserve to be attacked because of her actions outside of work. I have been a client for 7 years and Dr. Buenger runs a great clinic. Iâve never had a bad experience at the clinic and have not heard any local people say a bad word about them. The local animal rescue is supporting the clinic and will continue to utilize their services.[/QUOTE]
Thank you for your posts inca. I feel for this clinic and itâs clients as stuff like this can really damage their business. Social media makes it possible for the crazies of the world to destroy this clinic through rumors and unfounded accusations.
It is good that she lost her job. If she is actually a good vet, it is too bad she ruined her career through her poor judgment. I am not a fan of feral cats, or of cats running free outside. I think the damage they do to native wildlife far exceeds any good they do with rodent control. We have in the past, humanely trapped and euthanized cats that we know to be feral. One in particular was very sick, thin, eyes all globbed up and snotty nose. The cats that belong to the neighbors, I just try to scare the living crap out of them when I see them to discourage them coming around our property. But no animal deserves to die inhumanely and I see no need to brag about it on Facebook.
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I am not a cat owner, but this story bothers me. Why wasnât the cat neutered? Why was he loose? Shouldnât he have had a break away collar to show he was owned and not a feral, rabid, cat? If he was lost, why hadnât the owners put up signs in the neighborhood so people would look for him and return him safely. Who set the leg trap and are they legal?
In our neighborhood, all of the loose cats were eaten by coyotes. Loose cats donât survive long. It seems the owners here were irresponsible. Unfortunately for the cat, he ran into a nut job with a bow and arrow. That poor cat didnât have a chance.[/QUOTE]
Sheâs clearly a sociopath. Itâs irrelevant whether the animal was feral or neutered. She was deliberately looking for attention⊠and she got it. The clinic needs to review all of her charts and hope thereâs no evidence of abuse or cruelty.
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What bothers me most, as a pet and livestock owner, is the way a vet has willfully killed a petâŠa house catâŠand gleefully posted a photo and commentary on a public internet site. Sheâs a VET. Who throws away 8+years of education, all that knowledge and theoretically compassion and love of animals, because they are learning to bow hunt??! Who does that? One assumes sheâs intelligent and good at her jobâshe had to know that if others saw her post then they might be outraged, not happy for her. Sheâs an idiot for not thinking.
And as far as SSS? I just find that term and practice awful, hateful and lacking in any form of compassion. Ugh. Yeah, those feral (ha!) cats are just such a plague upon yourself.[/QUOTE]
I agree, and along with almost everyone else, found this womanâs actions appalling.
And appallingly stupid.
Iâm glad the vet clinic has fired her, and I hope she loses her license.
She is a discredit to her profession and all the kind and dedicated people who do that job.
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The cat was probably neutered. He was loose because he lived on a farm, like many farms who have barn cats, although I donât know if he was actually a barn cat - he could have been an indoor/outdoor kitty. He was only missing for 1-2 days. Here is a video of him riding the farmâs Gator with his owner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhPiqSYgPuE&hc_location=ufi
As for collars, breakaway collars usually break away pretty quickly, and in this particular case, from what Iâve read, it wouldnât have mattered had he been collared. The person who killed this cat did this heinous crime for the âsportâ of it (and to âpracticeâ her bow hunting âskillsâ). Her story that it was a âferal tom catâ is totally bogus. You are right, though - that cat ran into a nut job with a bow and arrow and didnât have a chance.[/QUOTE]
What a sweet and obviously well-cared for, loved cat.
Here is the link to a petition requesting that her license be revoked.
https://www.change.org/p/petition-revoke-dr-kristen-lindsey-s-veterinary-license
