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Ivor Jones - 23 Jun 2003 09:51 GMT

I'm almost in tears reading the letters page in "The Cat", which is the
members
magazine of the UK Cats Protection charity (www.cats.org.uk) and I was
deeply saddened to
read of a case where a 3 year old cat had been put to sleep by the
reader's stepfather following his wife's death.

Who would do this..? Who would kill a presumably perfectly healthy young
cat for no apparent reason..? Why not try and rehome it if he didn't want
to keep it himself..?

And what sort of vet would agree to this murder of an innocent cat..?

Ivor

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dinkmeister - 23 Jun 2003 18:12 GMT

someone that hated their wifes cat, perhaps?

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medfit2 - 24 Jun 2003 00:50 GMT

How sad that someone would do something like that! Unfortunately, it happens
more often than we realize. I had a (former) friend whose husband died. She
took his perfectly healthy miniature schnauzer to the vet and had him
destroyed the same afternoon. The dog was only 2 years old, for God's sake.
I don't understand how presumably honest vets can agree to something like
this :-(

Mary K

> I'm almost in tears reading the letters page in "The Cat", which is the
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> Ivor

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Paula Drennan - 24 Jun 2003 04:01 GMT

> How sad that someone would do something like that! Unfortunately, it happens
> more often than we realize. I had a (former) friend whose husband died. She
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Salaam,
In both cases, I would sy it was something done under extreme stress, and
not hold it against the widow/er who did it. They probably can't think
straight and the only thing in their mind is "this reminds me of my
wife/husband who is not hre." and the logic is send the pet to the other
side to be with the lost loved one as some bit of comfort over there. I
don't know. when my mom died, we did not hve any pets so I don't know that
my father would not have done the same thing in hs grief. Give these people
some slack. they are hurting and can't think straight.
Paula

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Pat - 24 Jun 2003 15:43 GMT

Hi,
I have to firstly say what a nice web site.
Would be well worth joining so will do that later.
I agree how upsetting things like that are.
Not being able to read it as yet....was it possible a case of what was in
the Will..??

I was in my vet some years ago when a man came in with a friendly little
dog.
The dog stood on his back legs with front legs on the mans lap....and was
asking for attention from him.
As you do sometimes when in the vet... I asked what is your dog here for.
He replied he is being put down ...he was my mums dog and we cannot have
him.
I was upset all the way home.
Something I would never let happen again.
Well when I say that if it was now ...I would ask could I take the dog..find
it a good home.
Knowing our vets they would not have put him down....but asked if he could
be re-homed.
It is a terrible shame really. :-((
Pat.

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> Ivor

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