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Pet Heaven Trial Resumes

Mr.Rattitude — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:50:05 +0000

I created a Google alert (obviously) some time ago to keep track of the Pet Heaven trial and today I finally received an email that was actually related to the trial.

After an eight month delay, court hearings have resumed for a Toronto couple accused of euthanizing pets without a veterinary license …
Jennifer Yang – Staff Reporter

Just follow the link on Ms. Yang to read the entire article at thestar.com, the online version of The Toronto Star.

Pet Heaven Trial to be Continued … in October!

Mr.Rattitude — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:52:22 +0000

Another article dealing with this supposed trial can be found here.

This all seems to be stemming from a few grieving pet keepers; and, in my humble opinion, a veterinarian that brought this upon himself, and Pet Heaven, through a lack of clear communication. A Russian translator being used in the courtroom seems more a tactic than a necessity, but I am only reading the details from the articles not attending the proceedings in person.

The trial has now been scheduled to be continued in October! This leads me to believe there is no urgency in the courts to address this matter. I’ll be adding the October 1-2 dates into my calendar to keep up to date with this all the same.

Pet Heaven

Mr.Rattitude — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:05:02 +0000

The front page of one of today’s newspapers managed to grab my attention. Generally I read most of my “news” online, but from time to time I will wander over to a co-workers area and glance through their paper.

Today’s splashy front page shows a woman, a dog and the over-sized type, “DIE AT HOME”. Here is a link to the article, which really should be read through entirely before giving further thought to the sensationalistic headlines pointing to further into the newspaper.

The article describes to some extent the actions of The College of Veterinarians of Ontario to stop this couple from providing services they believe are a benefit to the pet keeping communities.

These services, offered by Pet Heaven, are essentially in-home services being rendered via referral by qualified veterinarians. The controversy seems centered around the euthanizing of pets at home by these referred mobile veterinarians; and, possibly more so, in my opinion, the additional services of Pet Heaven removing and/or transporting the deceased pet afterwards.

I believe Pet Heaven’s offering of this type of referral service is a grand gesture and I am most interested in the outcome of this trial.

How do you feel about mobile vets; and, this type of referral?