Follow-up: Court rejects cat-killing veterinarian's appeal

[TexasTowelie]

A Texas veterinarian’s request to appeal her suspension and probation for shooting a cat through the head with an arrow has been rejected by that state’s Supreme Court.

In 2015, Kristen Lindsey shot a feral cat and then bragged about it on social media. In a Facebook post accompanying the photo, Lindsey wrote, “My first bow kill, lol. The only good feral tomcat is one with an arrow through it’s [sic] head. Vet of the year award … gladly accepted.” A state board in 2016 suspended her veterinary license for one year and placed her on probation for four years.

Since her one-year suspension ended in October 2017, Lindsey has been permitted to practice veterinary medicine on a probationary basis. Following that, she attempted to get her sentence overturned in district court and the Texas Third Court of Appeals. Another appeal to challenge the rules dictating her disciplinary action also was pending. In April 2018, she lost both cases and was ordered to pay all costs related to the trial court and the court of appeals.

“The Texas Supreme Court now becomes the highest authority in the state to confirm what we’ve known all along—that Kristen Lindsey is wholly deserving of punishment for her brutal killing of Tiger,” says Becky Robinson, president and founder of Alley Cat Allies. “This was a case of a veterinarian not only ignoring her responsibility to relieve suffering, but actually rejoicing in the suffering she was inflicting on [the cat].

“This has been a sickening case of cruelty that should have resulted in a much more severe punishment than a one-year suspension. The legal system should have permanently barred Lindsey from ever practicing veterinary medicine again.”

https://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/court-rejects-cat-killing-veterinarians-appeal/
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Earlier threads:
Brenham veterinarian wants punishment in cat-killing reversed (July 2018)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/107839782

Texas veterinarian who bragged on Facebook about killing cat with arrow could have license revoked (March 2016)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/107830767

Texas grand jury declines to indict veterinarian who killed cat with arrow (June 2015)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/107826549

Update: Justice for Tiger Peaceful Demonstration - May 27 (cat shot by veterinarian with arrow) (May 2015)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/107825546

Update: Sheriff - Brenham vet can't be charged with killing cat unless Facebook photo is authentic (May 2015)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/107824609

Veterinarian in hot water over dead cat photo on Facebook (Graphic Warning) (April 2015)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/107824596

[irisblue]

1. Thank you for the update

What an awful human

[TexasTowelie]

2. You're welcome.

Ms. Lindsey will have to live with her notoriety forever. The veterinarians board and the court system treated her appropriately.

[irisblue]

3. My vets have treated my animals better then gold

I can't imagine any of them taking pleasure in causing an animal pain

[pazzyanne]

4. Justice for Tiger!

[Sophiegirl]

5. IIRC

This beautiful cat was not feral. He belonged an elderly couple that lived close by.

Thank you for the update on this horrible woman. I bet if her current clients knew about this, they would never go back to her. What veterinarian business would even hire her in the first place?

[3Hotdogs]

6. Is she actually working as a vet now?

[TexasTowelie]

7. She is working with animals under the supervision of another vet. nt

[3Hotdogs]

8. Article said she is allowed to work, not that she was. I was wondering.