Doc Tales

April 11, 2018 — 

A lawyer from a lobbying firm in DC relayed the following story during the recent Swine Veterinarian Public Policy Advocacy Program's first training session. A Washington, DC Councilman showed up at the local veterinarian's office early one Saturday morning with an old tom cat. The Councilman explained that the population of feral kittens had gone up dramatically in a local neighborhood since this tom cat showed up and he wanted the veterinarian to "fix him." The veterinarian obliged and neutered the cat. Some months later, the veterinarian received a phone call from the Councilman complaining that the feral kitten population was higher than it had ever been and asked what they should do. The veterinarian advised him that the tom cat he had brought in earlier was probably to blame. Exacerbated, the Councilman said, "I paid you to fix that cat!" The veterinarian replied, "I did, but now he's become a consultant."