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Flea bath turns into death sentence

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A healthy eight-year-old cat in the US was accidentally put down after its owner took it to the vet for a flea bath, the woman claims.

Massachusetts woman Colleen Conlon made an appointment to have her family cats Lady and Little Bit treated for fleas last Monday.

Her 24-year-old son Jesse brought the pets to the vet one at a time, dropping Lady off first.

He filled out some basic paperwork before returning home with the cat carrier to collect Little Bit.

But when Mr Conlon returned with the second cat and asked if he could take Lady home, the vet asked him "You want the bodies?"

"At first he thought it was some cruel joke," Ms Conlon told the Worcester Telegram.

But the vet told him he had signed the paperwork to have the cat put down.

"I don't think there was any malicious intent, but I do think it was negligent," Ms Conlon said.

Ms Conlon said she had even called the vet to confirm the price of the flea bath before the cats were dropped off.

She has filed a complaint with the attorney general's office and plans to talk with the state Board of Registration.

Lady was particularly special to Ms Conlon because she first belonged to her daughter, who died in a car accident in 2010.

The vet, Dr Muhammad Malik, has not made a comment on the case.

Source:

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8537452/vet-puts-healthy-cat-down-by-accident


Added: Sep-23-2012 Occurred On: Sep-23-2012
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