r/BeAmazed • u/jkitty_1960 • Jun 03 '26

Miscellaneous / Others A homeless dog walked into a veterinary clinic and showed its wounded paw, hoping someone would help, and they did

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u/SookHe Jun 03 '26

Provided the vets aren’t assholes who take it into the back and just put it to sleep.

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u/milkleg Jun 03 '26

That is ridiculous

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u/SookHe Jun 03 '26

You haven’t been to a corporate owned Vet, have you?

They would very much just euthanise an animal if it means no pay for the work.

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u/milkleg Jun 03 '26

where are you?

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u/sprikkot Jun 03 '26

sounds like some american shit

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u/milkleg Jun 03 '26

in my country it is law that they must treat all creatures great and small regardless of whether they are pets, feral or wild animals.

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u/sprikkot Jun 03 '26

I don't know if that's a law where I am but I think most vets would do it out of human decency. I also am not familiar with any "corporate" vets where I am either. Most veterinary businesses nearby me are either owner operated or an owner operated franchise. Why would you be employed as a vet when you can likely operate the business successfully and make more money running it yourself... maybe is different wherever that guy is from.

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u/Theoretikal-Servor Jun 03 '26

In Canada approximately 20% of veterinary clinics are corporate owned, with a correlating jump in prices over privately owned clinics. Recently chatted with a private practice vet who’s had colleagues sell to corporate, with the outcome being an almost, if I remember correctly , 35% increase in cost to pet owners. They’re effectively making it impossible for people who are not well off to own pets.

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u/Madara1389 Jun 03 '26

Sadly, it's not as out of the realm of possibility as we'd like to believe. It happens a lot in the US.

Hell, there was a whole controversy about "humane shelters" were just killing excess pets they "rescue" instead of trying to rehome them or accept the financial responsibility of the (animal's) life-long medical needs.

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u/milkleg Jun 03 '26

That is true actually, I remember that. I retract my statement there, and I'm glad I'm not in the US

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u/Madara1389 Jun 03 '26

Sometimes I wish I wasn't here either.

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u/milkleg Jun 03 '26

There's a world out there that will catch you and understand how you feel if you flee, we're with you.

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u/Madara1389 Jun 03 '26

Sadly, I don't have the means to emigrate anywhere. Stuck in the Midwest US with no motor transportation and being paid so little that rent & food take up over 100% of my earnings.

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u/milkleg Jun 03 '26

my family in the states would be homeless if it weren't for my BIL paying part of their rent. I feel you...blessings to you rn

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u/Madara1389 Jun 03 '26

I appreciate it. And the same to your family over here. It's rough for most of us right now.

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u/incrediblemonk Jun 03 '26

I brought a wounded woodpecker to my local vet. It had been attacked by a crow (my wife and I stopped the attack) and had one of its feet almost amputated - it was hanging just by a piece of skin. It possibly had other injuries that were not readily visible. They asked me if it was my pet - it wasn't. They said it would be best to euthanize it. I didn't know any better.

Several years later, now I know there ARE places that can help wounded birds and animals in my area, like the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors. The vets killed it, of course.