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TexasTowelie

(126,829 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2015, 04:34 PM Jun 2015

Texas grand jury declines to indict veterinarian who killed cat with arrow [View all]

Source: Dallas Morning News

BELLVILLE, Texas — A Texas grand jury has declined to indict a veterinarian who bragged on social media about killing a cat with an arrow.

The Austin County district attorney’s office said in a statement Wednesday there was insufficient proof to indict Dr. Kristen Lindsey for animal cruelty.

The statement says investigators received an unconfirmed report that Lindsey may have believed the cat was rabid and shot it to protect her animals.

A picture on Facebook that was later removed showed her holding the cat by the arrow shaft.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20150624-texas-grand-jury-declines-to-indict-veterinarian-who-killed-cat-with-arrow.ece



Cross-posted in the Texas Group. Posted in LBN since there was national interest in this story.

No justice for Tiger.
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Bullshit. OnyxCollie Jun 2015 #1
Not surprising... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #2
Texas law treats animals as property. TexasTowelie Jun 2015 #4
That is the Law many places because Big Ag fears animals going to higher status since glinda Jun 2015 #7
The cat must have been black. KamaAina Jun 2015 #3
No, TexasTowelie Jun 2015 #5
I'm am angered, but not surprised by this. City Lights Jun 2015 #6
She lost her job Omaha Steve Jun 2015 #8
Yes, but she still holds her veterinary license. TexasTowelie Jun 2015 #11
Yes, but I will remember her name! hamsterjill Jun 2015 #17
lindsey is a piece of shit samsingh Jun 2015 #9
I hope this creep has nightmares. 840high Jun 2015 #13
She enjoys killing animals. Ikonoklast Jun 2015 #14
This is one reason Sophiegirl Jun 2015 #10
Gee, she and a bunch of cops are the only people who managed NOT to get indicted by a grand jury catrose Jun 2015 #12
If a prosecutor wants an indictment, they always get one. PSPS Jun 2015 #15
EXACTLY. catrose Jun 2015 #21
meh they were asking too much PatrynXX Jun 2015 #16
May that horrible gloating picture follow her the rest of her life. Sunlei Jun 2015 #18
"INSUFFICIENT PROOF" to the prosecutors???? INCREDIBLE! Herman4747 Jun 2015 #19
As a cat lover this saddens me davidpdx Jun 2015 #20
There's a spiky chair in Hell shenmue Jun 2015 #22
It would be fitting is she were clawed for the rest of eternity TexasTowelie Jun 2015 #25
Remember the Inferno shenmue Jun 2015 #26
How pathetic romanic Jun 2015 #23
A veterinarian who couldn't tell that the cat wasn't rabid??? Number9Dream Jun 2015 #24
Absolutely disgusted by this. TDale313 Jun 2015 #27
"My first bow kill, LOL" virtualobserver Jun 2015 #28
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