AT LAST!
At long last there has been an
article in a national newspaper, which gave the other side of vet care in this
country, instead of that portrayed by Rolf Harris and the many TV vet
programmes.
In the Saturday Telegraph, there was
an article which said it like it is, with reports of vets who were incompetent,
cruel, and totally indifferent to the concerns of the owners whose animals they
have the monopoly to treat. It also lambasted that sick joke, the complaints
department of the R.C.V.S.
The response of the R.C.V.S? The usual complacency that is the hallmark of
that corrupt organization, and a statement of the obvious that there is always
a dissatisfied party to any dispute. Gee, goodly gosh,. thanks for the gold
nugget of information, R.C.V.S. I couldn't have figured that out all on my own,
you patronizing bunch of old fossils!
This article, along with exposure of
that rip- off vet on the Watchdog programme is clear evidence of what this
profession has been getting away with. Why?, because the R.C.V.S. always take
the word of one of their members against that of the complainant. Every case
that I have been involved with where and owner has made a complaint to the
R.C.V.S. against a vet, the vet has been an outright congenital liar. They
always blame the owner, or even the animal itself for their incompetence and
never accept responsibility for what they have done.
As I have said many times, I know
some absolutely brilliant vets, and have complete confidence in their skills;
judgement and above
all, honesty but there are far too few of them.
The R.C.V.S. seem to regard me as a
bit of a freak with a chip on his shoulder. Not once has the notion entered
their arrogant heads that I have one bottom line, and one only, the welfare of
the animals I adore. I have no chip on my shoulder, just a great deal of anger
in my heart that these adorable animals are so badly served by this profession
because it refuses to be properly regulated.
Let's hope that the media will
pursue this profession until it puts its house in order, I shall certainly
never give up hounding it.
Peter Gurney