Sheriff seeks cruelty charge for vet accused of killing cat

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Sheriff seeks cruelty charge for vet accused of killing cat
Apr 21, 7:59 PM EDT

BELLVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A Texas sheriff has asked for an animal cruelty charge against a veterinarian who bragged on social media about killing a cat with an arrow.

Dr. Kristen Lindsey boasted on Facebook of killing the cat. A picture showed her holding the cat's body by the arrow shaft.

Austin County Sheriff Jack Brandes said Tuesday that results of his department's investigation have been submitted to District Attorney Travis Koehn. Koehn says his office "will carefully review this matter."

Operators of the clinic where Lindsey worked in Brenham, about 100 miles northwest of Houston, said they fired her after learning of the posting last week. The Facebook account has been closed.





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[RKP5637]

1. Excellent!!! K&R!!! n/t

[freshwest]

2. She needs jail time. n/t

[RKP5637]

3. Definitely, and serious jail time, not some slap on the wrist. n/t

[samsingh]

4. i think her father in law owns the clinic

[cui bono]

5. Well Thanksgiving dinner is going to be quite uncomfortable...

[hlthe2b]

7. You keep posting that, but I've seen no evidence that she was even married.

The owner of the clinic was interviewed after firing her and was (appropriately) scathing towards her. He is from Texas and graduated from vet school in the early 80s. She is from Wyoming, though educated at CSU in Colorado, graduating in 2012. I seriously doubt there is any truth to that assertion.

[LisaL]

17. I agree.

Seems a lot of rumors going around.

[pugetres]

8. One of the owners of the clinic has a DIL

named Kris but that Kris appears to use the last name Wunderlich and may be an biology instructor at a college.

[City Lights]

11. Why do you think that? nt

[samsingh]

15. it's on the facebook comments page.

https://www.facebook.com/JusticeforTiger

[LisaL]

16. And it's well known that nobody can post anything false in the facebook comments page.

[samsingh]

18. i said 'i heard'. i'm not a fact checker

[hlthe2b]

21. I'd like to think DUers would be more cautious about posting rumors that denigrate a vet clinic that

appears to have acted expeditiously and appropriately when they themselves became aware of this horrible situation. There is NO evidence she was married. There is certainly no evidence that anyone at the clinic had a familial relationship with her.

She deserves the scorn. The entire profession, the relevant organizations and leadership which have come out to denounce her actions in the most decisive manner, do not. And, that certainly appears to include her employer.

[samsingh]

22. i read it in several places - i will not take responsibility to sourcce every statement i make

in a message board - especially when I'm upset up a crime. the idiot vet did not work for me - she worked for that clinic. at the very least they did a poor job evaluating her integrity. on a realistic level, they probably knew her sadistic hobbies.

[LisaL]

23. Then it might be a good idea to not make statements based on facebook rumors.

[hlthe2b]

24. As you say "I will not take responsibility"....

That's the point.

[samsingh]

25. why would i ?

[hlthe2b]

26. why would you feel the need to act responsibly?

Sadly, I'm guessing no one can tell you in a way to convince you.

[samsingh]

27. do you feel as much outrage over the vet who committed the horrible crime?

stop trying to silence me.

[hlthe2b]

30. Everyone on this thread does... that doesn't mean we have to rumor-monger irresponsibly,

smearing those not involved with the horrendous act, as you do. Ans when you do so, others WILL call you out for it.


You posted the same unfounded crap on my thread too. That is rumor-mongering.

[secondvariety]

6. Her ex-employer

must be mortified.

[MissDeeds]

9. They are

I read they even put duct tape over her name on the clinic sign. Also read that the clinic got more than fifty calls in less than an hour. This whole thing just makes me sick.

[Skittles]

10. they responded appropriately

I would not patronize a clinic that would retain someone like her on staff - I'd be worried sick my pet was being mistreated

[samsingh]

28. i think they must have known and supported it until they were caught

she would not have posted so flippantly otherwise

[Starry Messenger]

12. There's a DUer who brags about shooting his nephew's dog and his forum buddies defend him here.

Funny, they've avoided these threads. Shooting animals is criminal animal cruelty.

[CreekDog]

14. yeah, where are they?

Usually in those threads when we criticize the guy who shot the dog, they jump into the thread and call us names.

[Starry Messenger]

19. +1

[samsingh]

29. we have people who want us to justify and confirm everything we're hearing before

expressing our opinion.

[840high]

13. Very good.

[toddwv]

20. When they post pics or videos online

and said they did such and such... I think we can drop the "accused" and "alleged" designation.