Texas grand jury declines to indict veterinarian who killed cat with arrow

[TexasTowelie]

Source: Dallas Morning News

BELLVILLE, Texas — A Texas grand jury has declined to indict a veterinarian who bragged on social media about killing a cat with an arrow.

The Austin County district attorney’s office said in a statement Wednesday there was insufficient proof to indict Dr. Kristen Lindsey for animal cruelty.

The statement says investigators received an unconfirmed report that Lindsey may have believed the cat was rabid and shot it to protect her animals.

A picture on Facebook that was later removed showed her holding the cat by the arrow shaft.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20150624-texas-grand-jury-declines-to-indict-veterinarian-who-killed-cat-with-arrow.ece

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Cross-posted in the Texas Group. Posted in LBN since there was national interest in this story.

No justice for Tiger.

[OnyxCollie]

1. Bullshit.

[awoke_in_2003]

2. Not surprising...

if I were the pet owner, I would file a civil suit.

[TexasTowelie]

4. Texas law treats animals as property.

Since cats have no economic value I don't believe that there would be any amount of compensation rewarded even for mental anguish or loss of affection. My opinion though since I'm not an attorney.

[glinda]

7. That is the Law many places because Big Ag fears animals going to higher status since

they abuse the shit out of them at factory farms.

[KamaAina]

3. The cat must have been black.

[TexasTowelie]

5. No,

it was an orange and white tabby.

[City Lights]

6. I'm am angered, but not surprised by this.

The whole things reeks. Keep your pets close by if you live in the area, cuz if some psycho decides to kill your pet, you'll get no justice.

[Omaha Steve]

8. She lost her job

And now wants a rich guy to take care of her.

[TexasTowelie]

11. Yes, but she still holds her veterinary license.

Since there won't be any criminal charges it is unlikely that her license will be revoked so she will have the authorization to treat animals as a vet. Considering that her family raises horses she will still be around animals in the future.

[hamsterjill]

17. Yes, but I will remember her name!

I will never spend a cent at any veterinary clinic that she is employed by or owns, or do business with any entity that she benefits from.

I live in Texas. I am part of a rescue group, and we spend thousands of dollars each year in veterinary care.

I know this isn't much justice for Tiger (i.e., me not ever doing business with her), but I sure hope that every, single Texas animal lover feels exactly the same way.

[samsingh]

9. lindsey is a piece of shit

[840high]

13. I hope this creep has nightmares.

[Ikonoklast]

14. She enjoys killing animals.

Her FB page glorified her accomplishments in doing so.

[Sophiegirl]

10. This is one reason

why my kitties are indoor only. Several years ago someone in my neighborhood put out rat poison and killed a lot of critters. I never see bunnies around anymore.

[catrose]

12. Gee, she and a bunch of cops are the only people who managed NOT to get indicted by a grand jury

The prosecutor must have presented NOTHING. Why, when she and her mother obliged with so many nice photos?

I served on a Texas grand jury for six months, and we had to determine (1) Was there a crime committed? (2) Was it reasonable to suppose (not proof beyond a shadow of a doubt) that the defendant committed the crime? And only the prosecutor presents evidence.

So let's see…was a crime committed? Cat with arrow through head. Yep, looks like a crime to me. Defendant waving cat and arrow about and bragging how she did it. Reasonable to connect her with the crime.

WHAT HAPPENED? I know, nobody can say because you're not supposed to talk about it.

But out of hundreds of thousands of cases put before grand juries, I think only 11 last year (or year before) avoided indictment. WHY HER?

No justice, none at all.

[PSPS]

15. If a prosecutor wants an indictment, they always get one.

When they don't get an indictment, it's because they acted as defense attorneys in front of the grand jury and steer them to a decision to not indict.

Has the bitch been doxed yet?

[catrose]

21. EXACTLY.

The grand jury can ask for more evidence and ask questions, but if you don't even know what to ask, it's hard to pull questions out of thin air. And jurors (like me) who want to spend more time on a case aren't very popular.

[PatrynXX]

16. meh they were asking too much

I still stand by a community service thing of protecting animals and still innocent till proven guilty , still she'll find it hard to find a job outside texas perhaps

[Sunlei]

18. May that horrible gloating picture follow her the rest of her life.

[Herman4747]

19. "INSUFFICIENT PROOF" to the prosecutors???? INCREDIBLE!

What the hell do they want? You got a cat with an arrow in him or her, along with a confession!

[davidpdx]

20. As a cat lover this saddens me

If she suspected the cat was rabid could she not have tranquilized it and then examined the cat? Sure that causes some harm, but not death. In the event the cat was not rabid it could have been released. The story sounds fishy.

[shenmue]

22. There's a spiky chair in Hell

waiting for her.

[TexasTowelie]

25. It would be fitting is she were clawed for the rest of eternity

in hell by 1,000 cats. However, we know that cats don't go to hell but cross the rainbow bridge instead to the land of catnip, laser lights and squeaky balls with feathers.

[shenmue]

26. Remember the Inferno

Satan chews hard.

Satan is waist deep in ice, weeping tears from his six eyes, and beating his six wings as if trying to escape, although the icy wind that emanates only further ensures his imprisonment (as well as that of the others in the ring). Each face has a mouth that chews on a prominent traitor. Brutus and Cassius are feet-first in the left and right mouths respectively, for their involvement in the assassination of Julius Caesar – an act which, to Dante, represented the destruction of a unified Italy and the killing of the man who was divinely appointed to govern the world.[62] In the central, most vicious mouth is Judas Iscariot, the namesake of Round 4 and the betrayer of Jesus. Judas is receiving the most horrifying torture of the three traitors: his head gnawed by Satan's mouth, and his back being forever skinned by Satan's claws. What is seen here is an inverted trinity: Satan is impotent, ignorant, and full of hate, in contrast to the all-powerful, all-knowing, and loving nature of God.[62]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_%28Dante%29#Ninth_Circle_.28Treachery.29

[romanic]

23. How pathetic

I guess when she gets her rich husband and he cheats on her, only then will justice be served when she commits a "crime of passion ". :/

[Number9Dream]

24. A veterinarian who couldn't tell that the cat wasn't rabid???

Really? A veterinarian who can't tell a rabid animal from a non-rabid animal? Graduate of the Bill Frist Veterinary College.

No justice for Tiger.

[TDale313]

27. Absolutely disgusted by this.

[virtualobserver]

28. "My first bow kill, LOL"

that gets funnier every time I see it, LOL.

even funnier that she mentions that he is feral and not rabid.

even if he was rabid, which I'm sure that he was not,
that disgusting grinning picture is beyond belief....
I hope that none of her facebook friends are CHILDREN!

If you are worried about a feral cat, trap it and use your
"vet of the year" skills to neuter it.