Father of veterinarian who took own life calls for more education on how much it really costs to own a pet

  • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    My girlfriend is a vet in the US. Everything you just said is 100% applicable to vets here.

    The stories she tells are insane. She has literal billionaires screaming in her face that she won’t give them a discount on their dog’s 24 hour care at the hands of boarded specialists. The worst are dog rescues who weaponize social media into forcing free/discounted care for dogs, including lying about vets to make their followers angry enough to pressure the hospital to give free care. Those vets are then hounded/bullied/threatened on social media endlessly, which has caused multiple suicides. And a lot of it is down to VCA (owned by Mars Candy Corp) raising prices 4 times a year.