"I can't believe RSPCA prosecuted me for killing my cat" (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Woman who killed cat trying to cure its limp says RSPCA "persecuted" her
4:19pm Tuesday 9th October 2012 in News
Claire Pritchard, who accidentally killed her cat while try to cure its limp
THE WOMAN who accidentally killed her cat after giving the animal paracetamol has accused the RSPCA of persecuting her.
Grandmother Claire Pritchard from Mandale Road, West Howe, said: "I think generally the RSPCA do a great job but they will persecute and harass you if they think you have done wrong.
"I couldn't believe they prosecuted me. When their guy came to take a statement from me I was shocked at the way he spoke to me."
Mrs Pritchard, 43, said she had given her cats tiny pieces of paracetamol in the past and it had helped.
She claimed that Midnight may have died from an undiagnosed abscess rather than a drugs overdose.
She said: "Midnight had a limp. She must have jumped off something and hurt herself so I gave her just one quarter of paracetamol in the morning and she seemed to improve.
"Then my daughter called the RSPCA because Midnight wasn't any better and they took her away. I told them what I had done and they said I had poisoned her.
"Later they phoned me up and asked for my permission to put her down. I asked them if there was anything they could do and they said no.
"I have had pets since I was a child and know how to look after them. I have been giving cats a little bit of paracetamol for years without any problems.
"The RSPCA have visited me twice since the court case to check my other animals.
"Midnight was three years old and I had her since she was little. She was one my cat's babies."
Mrs Pritchard has two other cats called Maisie Moo-Moo and Sidilicious and dog called Barney Boo.
The RSPCA has defended its decision to prosecute, saying the case was a warning to other people.
Inspector Graham Hammond said: “She had the use of the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals which is a free service but chose not to use it.
“This cat needlessly died because she administered a substance that is poisonous to cats.”
He has urged anyone who suspects their animal has suffered an injury to seek the attention of a vet.
She was ordered to pay £280 costs and given a two-year conditional discharge by Poole magistrates.
Comments(46)
asj
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4:48pm Tue 9 Oct 12
RageAgainstTheMachine
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4:52pm Tue 9 Oct 12
muscliffman
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4:56pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Grim and silly Echo 'misery pic' with arms folded - guilty.
mummum1234
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5:06pm Tue 9 Oct 12
She should not be allowed to keep animals....
nosuchluck54
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5:12pm Tue 9 Oct 12
mummum1234 wrote:Yeah i get the impression there may be more to this story than is being reported
This lady sold me a cat which has heart problems and is on medication for life.... im starting to think did she give his mum paracetamol when it was in labour?
She should not be allowed to keep animals....
Lobo
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5:13pm Tue 9 Oct 12
RageAgainstTheMachinYou know...there's these things called the internet and Google...
e wrote:
My mum used to give our family dog a little bit of asprin if he was off colour,it was on very rare occasions and i myself have given our dog calpol,when he himself was a bit ropey,he perked right up!
http://lmgtfy.com/?q
=is+paracetamol+pois
onous+to+dogs&l=1
Lobo
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5:15pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Also ibuprofen is not safe for dogs, meloxicam is the correct equivalent.
Wesoblind
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5:24pm Tue 9 Oct 12
O'Reilly
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5:34pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Wesoblind wrote:LOL....I think what they are spraying is duel purpose, to deplete the brain cells and also to deplete the 'useless eater' population.
i cant believe you even take these drugs yourself let alone give it to an animal!!!! what ever they are spraying in the sky has really depleated peoples brain cells!!!
O'Reilly
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5:34pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Wesoblind wrote:LOL....I think what they are spraying is duel purpose, to deplete the brain cells and also to deplete the 'useless eater' population.
i cant believe you even take these drugs yourself let alone give it to an animal!!!! what ever they are spraying in the sky has really depleated peoples brain cells!!!
Adrian XX
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5:46pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Adrian XX
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5:49pm Tue 9 Oct 12
ibuprofen is not safe for dogs
Neither are seals: http://bbc.in/Qaxvuc - GO RSPCA - another case for you!
whataboutthat
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5:54pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Wesoblind wrote:Not the spraying malarkey, please.
i cant believe you even take these drugs yourself let alone give it to an animal!!!! what ever they are spraying in the sky has really depleated peoples brain cells!!!
vld2402
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5:58pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Adrian XX
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6:02pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Animals are a resposibility and when you take on an animal you are supposed to provide proper food, environment and health care.
Say the animal is a rabbit and you want to eat it after a few months because you get bored with it as a pet. If you kill it humanely, is that OK?
mysticalshoelace
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6:18pm Tue 9 Oct 12
What sort of person with an inkling of intelligence would leave an animal that long or indeed just give it a painkiller when they suspected that it had been run down??!!
ashleycross
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6:25pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Anyone who gave their kids a drug made for animals and ended up poisoning them would be in big trouble.
Incidentally, this is the drug which is causing so many liver problems in toddlers because it is so overused to dope them up pretty much constantly by a lot of parents.
spooki
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6:27pm Tue 9 Oct 12
HOWEVER some people get away with worse and don't get so much punishment. She thought she was helping her pet I suppose.
Specialist
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6:59pm Tue 9 Oct 12
manana
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8:05pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Specialist wrote:Rather have a cat than most twits on here...
One less cat, can't be a bad thing!
pete woodley
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8:16pm Tue 9 Oct 12
corozin
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8:34pm Tue 9 Oct 12
The cat would have actually died in quite a lot of pain. The RSPCA were absolutely right to press for a prosecution. This woman acted appallingly. The cat should have gone to a vet if it was distressed.
Specialist
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8:52pm Tue 9 Oct 12
manana wrote:another one bites the dust!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Specialist wrote:Rather have a cat than most twits on here...
One less cat, can't be a bad thing!
!!!!
pete woodley
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9:17pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Dibbles2
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9:33pm Tue 9 Oct 12
live-and-let-live
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9:35pm Tue 9 Oct 12
The Renegade Master
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9:53pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Wesoblind wrote:Oh dear God, not another retarded chem trail moron!
i cant believe you even take these drugs yourself let alone give it to an animal!!!! what ever they are spraying in the sky has really depleated peoples brain cells!!!
This silly old duffer should have been fined heavily and banned from keeping animals for life. Being a low life from a less than salubrious area of the town is no excuse for her stupidity.
Adrian XX
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10:29pm Tue 9 Oct 12
The cat should have gone to a vet if it was distressed.
Indeed. One wonders why it didn't.
scrumpyjack
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8:50am Wed 10 Oct 12
Adrian XX wrote:funny.
The cat should have gone to a vet if it was distressed.
Indeed. One wonders why it didn't.
scoooobles
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8:55am Wed 10 Oct 12
I cant believe you're 43.
Wesoblind
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9:34am Wed 10 Oct 12
The Renegade Master wrote:not another moron who cant see whats infront of there face and obviously does all their research from their couch.
Wesoblind wrote:Oh dear God, not another retarded chem trail moron!
i cant believe you even take these drugs yourself let alone give it to an animal!!!! what ever they are spraying in the sky has really depleated peoples brain cells!!!
This silly old duffer should have been fined heavily and banned from keeping animals for life. Being a low life from a less than salubrious area of the town is no excuse for her stupidity.
i wonder if this woman has children and if they started scratching at the bum she would give them cat worming tablets?
BarrHumbug
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9:55am Wed 10 Oct 12
mummum1234 wrote:You bought an animal from THIS woman!
This lady sold me a cat which has heart problems and is on medication for life.... im starting to think did she give his mum paracetamol when it was in labour?
She should not be allowed to keep animals....
The Renegade Master
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10:21am Wed 10 Oct 12
Wesoblind wrote:Wow the Echo does attract some idiots these days.
The Renegade Master wrote:not another moron who cant see whats infront of there face and obviously does all their research from their couch.
Wesoblind wrote:Oh dear God, not another retarded chem trail moron!
i cant believe you even take these drugs yourself let alone give it to an animal!!!! what ever they are spraying in the sky has really depleated peoples brain cells!!!
This silly old duffer should have been fined heavily and banned from keeping animals for life. Being a low life from a less than salubrious area of the town is no excuse for her stupidity.
i wonder if this woman has children and if they started scratching at the bum she would give them cat worming tablets?
For those not in the know, Wesoblind is one of those weirdo's who thinks aircraft vapour trails are actually chemical trails, spraying toxins into the atmosphere to kill us all! I kid you not!
There has been some stuff on the internet and on YouTube about this nonsense, but like all stupid conspiracy theories and the muppets who peddle them, they are never able to provide any proof or tell you who is supposedly responsible!
You can also bet that Wesoblind thinks 9/11 was an inside job, JFK was killed by the CIA, man never went to the Moon, Bigfoot is for real, has a subscription to the Alex Jones channel, loves every book by David Icke and thinks the X-Files was a documentary series!
BarrHumbug
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10:29am Wed 10 Oct 12
It makes no difference whether it was an accident obviously human medication is not suitable for pets!
If you can't afford to look after pets properly you shouldn't have them.
I'm surprised she's allowing to keep her remaining pets?
a.g.o.g.
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11:01am Wed 10 Oct 12
Wesoblind wrote:U2 Weso!
i cant believe you even take these drugs yourself let alone give it to an animal!!!! what ever they are spraying in the sky has really depleated peoples brain cells!!!
buickboy
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12:06pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Letcommonsenseprevail
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12:42pm Wed 10 Oct 12
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Joggy6
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3:40pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Wesoblind
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5:53pm Wed 10 Oct 12
The Renegade Master wrote:dont forget princess diana!
Wesoblind wrote:Wow the Echo does attract some idiots these days.
The Renegade Master wrote:not another moron who cant see whats infront of there face and obviously does all their research from their couch.
Wesoblind wrote:Oh dear God, not another retarded chem trail moron!
i cant believe you even take these drugs yourself let alone give it to an animal!!!! what ever they are spraying in the sky has really depleated peoples brain cells!!!
This silly old duffer should have been fined heavily and banned from keeping animals for life. Being a low life from a less than salubrious area of the town is no excuse for her stupidity.
i wonder if this woman has children and if they started scratching at the bum she would give them cat worming tablets?
For those not in the know, Wesoblind is one of those weirdo's who thinks aircraft vapour trails are actually chemical trails, spraying toxins into the atmosphere to kill us all! I kid you not!
There has been some stuff on the internet and on YouTube about this nonsense, but like all stupid conspiracy theories and the muppets who peddle them, they are never able to provide any proof or tell you who is supposedly responsible!
You can also bet that Wesoblind thinks 9/11 was an inside job, JFK was killed by the CIA, man never went to the Moon, Bigfoot is for real, has a subscription to the Alex Jones channel, loves every book by David Icke and thinks the X-Files was a documentary series!
seriously dont try and win an argumant by personally attacking someone,
I suppose you think the world is flat, smoking is good for you, and barack obama sat in a room and watched the assasination of osama bin laden live on a moniter?
you live in a little bubble nice and comfatable, without a care in the world its nice and easy that way but dont be-little me when you dont know what i believe, or what i know!
You obviously dont know a thin about condensation :)
Wesoblind
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5:55pm Wed 10 Oct 12
pd7
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8:34pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Dorset Logic
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10:21am Thu 11 Oct 12
leagalbrief
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10:22am Thu 11 Oct 12
scrumpyjack
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11:13am Thu 11 Oct 12
Wesoblind wrote:Of course you do dear.
ps i dont think the condensation trails are chemicals being sprayed at all!!!!! I know exactly how a contrail work and is made and in what conditions!
catlover2012
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8:20pm Thu 11 Oct 12
scrumpyjack says...
4:46pm Tue 9 Oct 12
Looks like she knows better than vets as to the potential negative effects of this drug on cats.
Learned her lesson.....?