touchstone
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Where is the evidence that she had returned to euthanise the pony? To quote OP:-
"A couple of days later we were approached by a neighbour who let us know that our previous vet had gone into our feild without our permission or without even letting us know. We are not sure what she was doing or why. After we let her know that we did not want her to put our pony to sleep a few days earlier, we had not heard from her. Our neighbour approached her to see If everything was ok and she quickly leapt our feild gate and left."
I suspect if she were to euthanise the pony there would be evidence of a catheter in the neck or a bullet in the head; I can't see any vet taking that action and putting themselves at risk; far more likely is that she was checking the condition of the pony in case she needed to get welfare agencies involved. Prosecuting for trespass would be ridiculous as no damage was done, this could well be a vet who had the pony's best interests at heart.
As for not being registered, I was sat in the vets reception yesterday and a client wasn't coming up as registered,despite being a regular client, seems it was a computer glitch. If the vet was fully booked then an appointment for ten days was reasonable, she came out when told it was serious, her diagnosis and 'treatment' was correct. We also aren't aware of the attitude of the OP towards the vet, which may have been antagonistic and made the vet unwilling to contact them, it may not have been the most professional way to go about things, but if I thought a vet was concerned about a pony and she felt she couldn't approach the owner then I wouldn't mind them checking in the field - far better than turning a blind eye.
"A couple of days later we were approached by a neighbour who let us know that our previous vet had gone into our feild without our permission or without even letting us know. We are not sure what she was doing or why. After we let her know that we did not want her to put our pony to sleep a few days earlier, we had not heard from her. Our neighbour approached her to see If everything was ok and she quickly leapt our feild gate and left."
I suspect if she were to euthanise the pony there would be evidence of a catheter in the neck or a bullet in the head; I can't see any vet taking that action and putting themselves at risk; far more likely is that she was checking the condition of the pony in case she needed to get welfare agencies involved. Prosecuting for trespass would be ridiculous as no damage was done, this could well be a vet who had the pony's best interests at heart.
As for not being registered, I was sat in the vets reception yesterday and a client wasn't coming up as registered,despite being a regular client, seems it was a computer glitch. If the vet was fully booked then an appointment for ten days was reasonable, she came out when told it was serious, her diagnosis and 'treatment' was correct. We also aren't aware of the attitude of the OP towards the vet, which may have been antagonistic and made the vet unwilling to contact them, it may not have been the most professional way to go about things, but if I thought a vet was concerned about a pony and she felt she couldn't approach the owner then I wouldn't mind them checking in the field - far better than turning a blind eye.
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