Vet who killed cat with arrow should have license suspended, judges say

[TexasTowelie]

Source: Dallas Morning News

The Brenham veterinarian who fatally shot a cat in the head with an arrow could have her license suspended for five years.

The two administrative law judges recommended last week that the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners suspend Kristen Lindsey's license for five years and that she be allowed to practice on probationary basis after a year of full suspension, according to court documents.

The recommendation also included continuing education courses and community service hours at a feline rescue or spay/neuter clinic, or similar facility, the documents state.

Lindsey has appealed the ruling, KAGS-TV reported.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20160822-vet-who-killed-cat-with-arrow-should-have-license-suspended-judges-say.ece

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[font color=330099]Posting in LBN since this incident went viral in social media when it occurred in April 2015.[/font]

[LeftyMom]

1. That seems lenient.

I'm also not sure why it matters. It's 2016. People google everything. What kind of idiot would let her near their animals when googling her turns up pictures of her bowhunting for family pets?

If there's one thing the internet is well known for not forgetting, it's mistreating animals. She's effectively unemployable in her field, license or no.

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. The veterinary community is a small one.

They were completely outraged by her horrible behavior. She won't ever be employable in that field whether she has a license or not.

She wouldn't even be able to just set up her own business. She can't work alone. She would have to do business with other vets and they wouldn't let that happen.

She might be able to find work in some related field like drug research.

She claimed the cat was a feral male cat. Then it turned out it was the family pet of her elderly neighbors. Then later she claimed she killed it because she was trying to protect her own animals from diseases it might be carrying.

Sociopaths change their stories like that. They keep trying to find one that someone will believe.

[milestogo]

22. I asked my vet if he hunted deer

and he said 'not any more'. He grew up in Wisconsin where a lot of people hunt. He said that as soon as he started practicing veterinary medicine he could no longer make sense of it. "If you make your living putting hurt animals back together, it makes no sense to deliberately inflict harm on other animals."

[3catwoman3]

31. Good for your vet.

Sounds like a man of wisdom and compassion.

[PersonNumber503602]

2. She shouldn't be able to do anything with animals for the full five years...

Wow, she looks like she aged a decade in over the past year and a half. I guess the stress of killing innocent cats did a number on her.

[C Moon]

3. Good.

[trueblue2007]

4. i say.... put her in jail for life !!!!!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

5. Too lenient. They don't understand psychopathy, apparently.

Just the fact that she's appealing as if this is slap on the wrist is too harsh, is so typical for psychopaths & narcissistic personality disorder. Speaks to lack of remorse, lack of empathy, demand for special treatment, etc etc.

She's got no intention of changing. Needs to lose license permanently.

[anneboleyn]

25. Plus a DUI arrest. This woman is seriously dangerous

[sinkingfeeling]

8. I doubt if anything is done. Boards don't like to suspend their own.

[Paladin]

9. And she's appealing the ruling?

She ought to be overjoyed by such a lenient finding. Anybody who inflicts such wanton cruelty on an animal should lose all rights to be an animal doctor.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

10. WTF? Ugh

She lives very near Texas A&M, which has one of the finest vet schools in the country. I wonder if she went to school there.

Even with all the hunters around here, I don't know anyone who thinks it's ok to shoot a cat with a bow and arrow...or any other weapon.

Her license should be revoked forever.

[leftyladyfrommo]

12. Her vet school put out a letter distancing themselves from her.

They wanted no part of defending her god awful actions.

Her judgment is horrendous. She has no business practicing veterinary medicine.

[texasfiddler]

14. CSU

She got her vet degree from Colorado State. My wife is a veterinarian and she graduated from Texas A&M. We were both relieved that she didn't go to school there. Her license should be revoked period.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

21. Well, I'm relieved, too

No one in our family has gone to Texas A&M, but I'm very proud to say we have such a great vet school in Texas. We don't need yahoos like that giving us a bad name. We already have enough stuff to live down.

[mrs_p]

26. Hey now, just cause she went to CSU

Doesn't mean CSU is somehow to blame (CSU vet med grad here).

[Marengo]

11. Incomprehensibly lenient, license should be revoked permanently.

[anneboleyn]

24. I can't believe that it wasn't -- she gleefully tortured an animal to death! Who the hell would want

such a "vet" working w/a beloved family pet or a helpless rescue animal? This plus her DUI arrest makes me think she is very likely a sociopath, and she will very likely commit another act of violence in the future. I hope the unsuspecting public is kept as informed as possible about her history.

[Marengo]

38. I share the same concern, and in the end am left saddened by the waste of education and...

Potential good she could have done.

[niyad]

15. may she receive everything she deserves.

[hamsterjill]

16. Not nearly tough enough!

I can tell you that she won't ever have any of MY business. I do cat rescue in Texas and our rescue spends quite a bit of money with several vets in the area. Were one of them to hire this woman, we would immediately move our business elsewhere.

I think most animal lovers that I know and interact with in Texas feel exactly the same way.

Kristen Lindsey was also recently arrested for a DUI in Houston.

http://www.khou.com/news/crime/veterinarian-who-killed-cat-with-arrow-charged-with-dwi-in-houston/280764081

[anneboleyn]

23. A DUI arrest and murdering this poor kitty -- She is a sociopathic narcissist w/no concern for life

I can't believe that ANYONE would trust this scum w/their animals. She is displaying a gross contempt for life -- animals and human as indicated by her DUI arrest -- and she is dangerous. I think we can predict that this will not end well, as she will kill another human being or some other person's poor animal at some point.

[hamsterjill]

33. I wholeheartedly agree.

I'd also bet she is an entitled little rich girl who gives no thought to consequences of her actions because her mommy and daddy have always fixed everything for her.

Well they aren't going to fix this for her.

[TexasTowelie]

39. She is.

Her parents own a big ranch in Colorado and the primary reason she went to vet school was so that she could take care of the horses and other animals on the ranch. However, if she doesn't have a vet license then she won't be able to write any prescriptions for those animals.

[Sunlei]

17. expert testified the cat was still alive as she gleefully displayed her trophy Pic

Veterinarian's Oath

Being admitted to the profession of veterinary medicine, I solemnly swear to use my scientific knowledge and skills for the benefit of society through the protection of animal health and welfare, the prevention and relief of animal suffering, the conservation of animal resources, the promotion of public health, and the advancement of medical knowledge.

I will practice my profession conscientiously, with dignity, and in keeping with the principles of veterinary medical ethics.

I accept as a lifelong obligation the continual improvement of my professional knowledge and competence

[CharlotteVale]

18. WTF, I would not let her NEAR my cats!

[marble falls]

19. I still tear up over this. Good. Everytime I think about this I hug my little kitty boy.

[Blue_Tires]

20. Damn she's a sick fuck

[NanceGreggs]

27. DUH! You think so, judges?

Doesn't this qualify as a "no brainer" decision?

[Peregrine Took]

28. I couldn't stand to read about this creature. Does she have any rationale for what she did? n/t

[mrs_p]

30. She and her friends

Claim she was ridding the world of rabid cats. I actually know her and saw the original post in my FB feed. I couldn't believe she could be so cruel.

[Judi Lynn]

32. I really hope there are many people in her town who've expressed their views about her viciousness.

How she ever, EVER was allowed to slime her way into one of the last professions on earth she should enter is an evil mystery.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

34. Psychopaths often look for careers that will give them access to their preferred victims

So for an animal torturer, the veterinary field would be ideal.
Working at a butcher's or meat slaughter house wouldn't give someone like her the thrill she wants, I would bet. It's the violence to the animal, the suffering she causes the family, and specifically the criminality that excites her. Psychopaths loooove to file suits and appeals, looking to get away with their sick games.

Ugh...

[Judi Lynn]

35. Had never heard that before. Really bad news. Hope her notoriety will precede her everywhere. n/t

[BlancheSplanchnik]

40. Me too.

I wish we could rid the world of psychopaths.

[Laffy Kat]

29. Hope this follows her every f#cking place she tries to practice.

Don't know about the community service for a cat welfare organization. I wouldn't want her anywhere near my cat.

[Judi Lynn]

36. If only it can, as with a sexual predator. Sane people will avoid her if they know. n/t

[Sunlei]

37. The military will probably take her as a weapon test research Vet or USDA as a slaughterhouse Vet.

Then she can "manage" animals deaths and suffering as a career.