"Why I'm ashamed to be a vet" - Daily Mail

If " a lot" of vets didn't put the animal first then there would be a lot more complaints every year to the RCVS than there is at the moment. The vets you are talking about are very much in the minority, people go into the profession with a strong desire to improve animal health and welfare and if " a lot" of them were like the ones you speak of then the profession would be doing much worse than it is now

perhaps your views will change when you go to vet school. All too often have i seen animals kept alive when they should have been put to sleep- either because of owner pressure on the vet, or just because treatments are available. I havent come across any vets that would treat an animal solely for the money but often pressure from owners leads to animal welfare being an after thought. As Nicky Paull said, if you truly believe an animals welafre is at stake by an owners decision, you can report them to the rspca

Rather than quitting, he should have continued being a vet so that there would be 'one more honest vet' in the neighborhood. While i'm sure some vets put making money before animal welfare, that's not always the cost. Pet insurance is necessary for long term diseases which require medication for the rest of the pet's life. If your dog needs eye drops twice a day for the next 6 years, it can cost a fortune, but with insurance you dont have to euthanase him just because you cant afford his treatment.

Humans are willing to go through 'barbaric' treatments for half a year extra life, so why wouldn't animals? It's a controversial matter, but I think killing an animal to save him the pain is just as unfair as forcing him to go through with the treatment.

I can't help but wonder weather he was just submitting the article for attention or publicity. Either that or he has the completely wrong idea about vets.

perhaps your views will change when you go to vet school. All too often have i seen animals kept alive when they should have been put to sleep- either because of owner pressure on the vet, or just because treatments are available. I havent come across any vets that would treat an animal solely for the money but often pressure from owners leads to animal welfare being an after thought. As Nicky Paull said, if you truly believe an animals welafre is at stake by an owners decision, you can report them to the rspca

and thereby make an owner who just loves their pet too much never ever trust you or any other vet again, so when they have a new or other animal, and something goes wrong they will never take it to the vets because you forced them to kill their previous animal. Good call.

If your not prepared to make that call, you shouldnt be signing RCVS oath

If your not prepared to make that call, you shouldnt be signing RCVS oath

no, you should be talking to your clients and trying to help them make the decision, not reporting caring owners.

This article is completely accurate. My friend works in the pet dept of an insurance company and the many stories about the greed and lack of ethics of the vets are fact based.. I have my own personal experience of the same thing as do many of my friends who own pets. This industry is in urgent need of investigation and regulation. The Government were going to be doing this but so far have done nothing. It is a money making business and the extortionate prices need to be capped. Direct your anger at the right target, people making excessive amounts of money on the back of animals that are ill, and owners who have no choice but to pay!!!