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So, with death being an inevitable thing for ALL living things, you think if a vet cannot save an animal's life they should have to fork out themselves for medicines, staff and premise costs? Just for "morals"?
You have a screw loose.
Heck, why don't I get tax refunds when the NHS fails to save my grandmother's life when she was run over? Those damn paramedics came and tried to save her, completely wasting my money. And the bloody CHEEK of the staff nurse who tried to revive her in the hospital! Again, using all my tax-paid money.
Why on earth should I pay the undertakers to sort out a funeral, too? That isn't moral is it! I just lost a grandmother, it is an upsetting situation - why should I pay anybody anything to anybody?
And don't get me started on the solicitor who wants £120.00 to execute her Will.
Get real.
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I had to lend a mate around £1000 to pay his vet bill when his dog got hit by a car, he didn't have enough dosh to pay and claim back on the insurance, think yourself lucky.
Pay the bill, the vets tried to save your cat but failed, tough titty I'm afraid the services still cost money.
Dogs are undignified, they're a bit like the bootlicker at work, never had dignity, needs you to walk it, clean up its poo and it'll love you no matter what if you give it some attention.
A cat makes you work for it's affection, it will go and hunt in a smart manor and get it's own excercise. More intelligent animal for the win.
Cat > Dog
Pay the bill, the vets tried to save your cat but failed, tough titty I'm afraid the services still cost money.
Dogs are undignified, they're a bit like the bootlicker at work, never had dignity, needs you to walk it, clean up its poo and it'll love you no matter what if you give it some attention.
A cat makes you work for it's affection, it will go and hunt in a smart manor and get it's own excercise. More intelligent animal for the win.
Cat > Dog
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It doesn't work like that in the real world if the owner did not authorise the treatment. For example, if you were away on holiday and someone vandalised your fake M5 by keying it. A good samaritan contacts a bodyshop who come and pick up the car and respray the whole thing. You arrive home to a massive bill for work you didn't even know about. Would you pay it?
The principal is the same. If the vet pursues this any further then he is treading on very thin ice as it could amount to extortion which is a serious crime.
I'm sure the vet knows that the OP isn't legally obliged to pay, but if everyone stopped paying then they would just turn every single emergency case away that involved a pet who's owners had not yet been located. If there was a way to put a sign on a pet saying "If found alone and injured, please take to vet and owner will pay" then I expect 99% of pet owners would do it. The vet is relying on people's honesty, once that disappears then so does the chance of survival for a lot of people's loved pets.
I really want a bearded dragon! getting one once I finish uni.
Most Dogs > Bearded Dragon > Most Other Pets > Cats > Poodles + Other Stupid Dogs
Bringing up the same old rubbish arguments. Im not even going to bother arguing because I know im right, Dogs Rule and Cats are rubbish!
However the cat was rather healthy and not requiring medical attention until the driver ran over it. Thus the driver should pay.
There is NO legal reason why the person is required to pay. Unless as part of the chip agreement it says that a vet can charge the owner any value they like in the receipt of this animal with the chip regardless if they're dead or alive.
So my point still stands - see legal advice and have them review the chip agreement to ensure there's not pre-authorisation agreement that you've signed.
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Why should the driver pay? The cat shouldn't have been on the road and it is its own fault it got ran over. If i hit a cat i would keep driving. They are not really proper pets just sort of wild animals who get food from people.
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Vets are there to save pet lives, not for profit but out of their own morality (otherwise why would they also try to save wild animals? Our local has pictures on the wall of wild animals theyve rescued - clearly this is where all their cashflow comes from!!).
If you don't pay then vets cant do this, so you are thereby hurting the people who try to keep animals alive, AND the people who rely on their good will.
I would sincerely hope that despite your selfishness my local vets would still go out of their way to save one of my pets should it be taken to the vet without my knowledge. Although if all they get for their effort is a smack in the face then I don't fancy our chances
If you don't pay then vets cant do this, so you are thereby hurting the people who try to keep animals alive, AND the people who rely on their good will.
I would sincerely hope that despite your selfishness my local vets would still go out of their way to save one of my pets should it be taken to the vet without my knowledge. Although if all they get for their effort is a smack in the face then I don't fancy our chances
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That is disgusting. Did he say there was a risk before he started?
When you take an animal to be neutured you do have to sign a discliamer saying that the animal could have side affects with the anaesthetic, and it's at our risk to have them done. Yet this was a mistake from the vet. Needless to say, we didn't pay. My Dad went mad.
There is always a risk when you give a general anethetic to a small animal. You will have have signed a waiver before the operation absolving the vet of blame should the animal die due to the anethestic. If however the vet was negligent in administering the operation and that caused the death than thats another matter, however i would think that would be hard to prove without getting another independant vet to do an autopsy!
edit: Bah you beat me to it with a ninja-post!
If you signed saying that its at your own risk then fair enough you have to pay.
EDIT: What he said ^^^
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Did the vet admit to making a mistake?
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