News 7, with Carmel on the Case is the hottest news circulating throughout Miami Dade, and for good reason! A heartless act of cruelty was performed by a staff member. This drew much attention to other unethical practices taking place at this run down facility.
By no means is any animal shelter going to be perfect, but by standards of health, the living conditions at some are unbearable and downright dirty! Particularly this one. Unfit for the roaches and other vermen living within the walls, a place such as this must be violating some kind of health code? Perhaps building code and compliance standards? Well despite the horrific living conditions, Miami Dade Animal Services has cause for greater concern. What can be described as a "heartless act of cruelty", has taken place. A procedure called a heart-stick. This is a method of euthanasia that can be legally used as long as the animal is heavily sedated, or anesthetized, or even by some policies, unconscious. A quick route to administer a very large needle into the heart chamber, but not to be performed on live animals due to the pain it causes. So why would a vet tech with fifteen years of experience decide to use this method on this particular night? He was pressed for time.
According to the testimony of the eye witness, there were thirty cats and kittens to euthanize, and time was of the essence. However, they were not told to cull them all this evening, they could have done what they could with the time they had and then set up holding cages for the rest until morning. Seems logical, but apparently the tech had other intentions. He holds a track record of "killing" the most animals in a day, and felt it necessary to finish his job, even if it meant breaking the law. No sedation, anesthesia, or even a good stiff drink! Just an abnormally large needle shoved into the chest, hitting the heart (or so you hope). OUCH!!! Have you ever heard a cat or kitten scream?? I mean literally a torturous cry of pain?? I have. I was the witness to the inhumane conduct performed by the vet tech on duty! What should have been a painless procedure turned into a massacre killing! With video cameras in the room to capture on film, and confirmed by a licensed veterinarian that this had taken place, the man still works there!!! Infraction or Injustice??
Well you be the judge.
http://www.wsvn.com/features/articles/carmelcase/MI90897/
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