The Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners in Austin determined that Kristen Lindsey can't practice for a year because she was cruel to an animal. Her suspension will be followed by four years' probation and other requirements.
Her lawyer, Brian Bishop, told the board she believed the cat was feral and that it isn't unusual for people near her rural home west of Houston to dispose of feral animals.
Really, Brian? Prove it. Just shut up and collect Kristen's mommy's and daddy's money. You don't need to run your mouth about ridiculous things "Oh out here in Texas we all "dispose" of feral animals this way. Shoot, I myself shot at least a dozen kittens with my crossbow just last week!"
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| RIP poor Tiger |
She shouldn't have posted an image to Facebook in April 2015, Bishop said, but she didn't act with "criminal recklessness."
The cat, named Tiger, was owned by Lindsey's neighbor.
Lindsey shot their beloved cat, named Tiger, through the head.
The Facebook post showed the cat dangling from the arrow as a smiling Lindsey held it aloft. She added the comment, "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."
Lindsey was fired from the Brenham animal clinic where she worked and Bishop said she's received enough punishment. She has received death and rape threats, and her mother also received threatening messages, he said. A suspension will create a hardship for her as she'll be unable to work while facing $150,000 in student debts, he said.
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| Remember this ugly woman's face. NEVER trust her with your beloved pets. |
Animal rights groups have followed the case and one of them, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, said Tuesday that it was disappointed by what it sees as a light punishment.
"This slap on the wrist pales in comparison to the egregious felony cruelty that Ms. Lindsey committed against a defenseless cat," the group said in a statement. "Allowing Ms. Lindsey to continue to practice veterinary medicine in the future puts animals in the community at great risk, and taints the good name of the trusted veterinary profession."
The rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree:
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| Becky Lindsey is among Big Horn County’s longest tenured department heads at the Big Horn County Commission. |
Kristen's parent's Jack and Becky Lindsey have also been taken to task.
The photo of Kristen holding Tiger with her arrow still impaled in his head, was taken by her mother. Becky admitted to have taken the picture.
...Becky, the Big Horn County treasurer, has also been widely criticized online for the role that she played in the matter. The Lindseys were visiting Kristen when the cat was killed, and Becky stated under Kristen’s original post, when questions were raised about its authenticity, that she had taken the picture.
Animal advocates claimed Becky Lindsey approved of what her daughter has alleged to have done to the "feral" cat - which seems to have been a domestic pet, named Tiger, who lovingly belonged to an elderly neighbor.
In Becky's hometown, she has been the deputy county treasurer for the last 14 years. A petition to have her removed from the public office circulates throughout social media.
(Daily Mail - Oct 18, 2016)
Earlier:
- 'Vet of the year' fired after posing holding a dead pet cat she killed with a bow and arrow after 'hunting it down in her backyard'
- Not just one ugly hag in the family: Mom took photo of cat-killer daughter holding 'trophy kill'
- Texas: After bow-shooting a cat in 2015, Kristen Lindsey faces her peers at administrative hearing to determine the fate of her license
- Texas veterinarian Kristin Lindsey who skewered 'feral' cat with bow and arrow then posed with its corpse on Facebook now fighting to keep her license in hearing
- Texas: Veterinarian Kristen Lindsey, who tortured and killed cat named Tiger with arrow, charged with DWI in Houston
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