Citing new information about a fatal cat shooting, a national animal advocacy group is now urging a Texas prosecutor to reopen the whole case of the veterinarian accused of killing the feline.
“This admission confirms the fact … that the issues of jurisdiction and venue are no longer barriers to prosecution,” ALDF wrote in the letter, obtained by Examiner.com.
The admission came in an affidavit that Lindsey signed Oct. 26 in her appeal of a decision by the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners to revoke her license to be a vet. In the affidavit, Lindsey claims the “free-roaming” cat who was shot had been “getting into” her horse feed and had “attacked and fought with” her own cat. She also thought the cat more than likely “had rabies” based on a recent local outbreak of rabies among skunks and other wildlife.
The veterinary board has said all long that Lindsey “demonstrated callous indifference to animal pain and suffering” and that only revoking her license “would sufficiently protect the public from [her] poor professional character.” A state administrative law judge is expected to hold a new hearing on her appeal in February.
Lindsey allegedly killed an orange-and-white cat, named Tiger, with a bow and arrow and then boasted about the incident on Facebook in April. Although she claimed that Tiger was “feral,” the veterinary board said he was actually owned by a couple who lived near to Lindsey. About two days after publishing the posting on Facebook, which included a photograph of her with the dead feline, she was fired from her job at a local animal hospital.