A
veterinary nurse has been found guilty of deliberately poisoning her dog with
insulin in order “to get attention”.
Scottish
vet Georgina Bretman, 28, is said to have repeatedly injected her cocker
spaniel Florence with insulin, causing the animal to collapse and suffer convulsions
and seizures, in a bizarre case of animal cruelty.
The
alarm was raised when vets at the private out-of-hours practice where Bretman
worked became suspicious after Florence was brought in on multiple occasions
for emergency treatment, The Mirror reports.
The
damage was so severe that Florence could have fallen into a coma or died.
Bretman
was convicted of causing Florence unnecessary suffering, in what is believed to
be the first prosecution of its kind.
While
no explanation was given as to why Bretman harmed her pet, the court heard she
was “an attention seeker”.
Bretman
had worked at the out-of-hours clinic Pets A&E in Glasgow.
The
court heard employer Lesley Herd had suspected foul play as when she treated
Florence she noticed “low blood glucose on each occasion”.
Mrs
Herd also told the court that “the fact that the dog was normal between
episodes” lead her to become “suspicious that insulin had been administered to
the dog”.
Mrs
Herd said she even correctly predicted that Florence would be brought in for
treatment when Bretman had the night off.
She
said Bretman was “quite attention-seeking”.
Mrs
Herd was the one that alerted animal protection officers to the miss-treatment
of Florence.
Bretman
denied being responsible in the trial, saying she just wanted to find out what
was wrong with her pet.
In
2013, Florence was taken out of Bretman’s care and has had a clean bill of
health since.
The
charge carries a maximum penalty of £20,000 ($A25,000) or up to one year in
jail.
Bretman’s
sentence will be determined next month.
FROM THE DESK
OF ANIMAL RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA
https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/36866673/scotland-vet-nurse-georgina-bretman-guilty-over-animal-cruelty/
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