Fwd: [AEGA] Beware of using the vets in Maine/circulate widely

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In a message dated 18/09/2002 17:14:34 GMT Daylight Time,

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> Subj:[AEGA] Beware of using the vets in Maine/circulate widely

> Date:18/09/2002 17:14:34 GMT Daylight Time

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> Maine Veterinarian Admits to Beating Dogs

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> “I saw Dr. Carmody kick and beat with a rabies pole a German [shepherd]

> cowering at the end of one of these runs, which resulted in bleeding from

> the mouth. It was a horrible beating.â€

> —Melanie Ciccotelli, former employee of Forest View Veterinary Clinic

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> According to a September 6, 2002, Portland Press Herald article,

> veterinarian John Carmody admitted to the Maine Board of Veterinary

> Medicine that he committed four separate acts of cruelly beating dogs,

> which included the following instances:

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> >> • Repeatedly striking a German shepherd in the face and torso with a

>> rabies pole while the animal was confined to his kennel.

>> • Pinning a dog named Bullet to the ground with a rabies pole and

>> repeatedly kicking the animal while he was fully restrained. Dr. Carmody

>> admitted to abusing an unnamed Labrador in the same manner as Bullet.

>> • Repeatedly striking an Italian greyhound named Tara with his hand or

>> fist. Tara allegedly died while under Dr. Carmody’s “care.â€

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> Craig Holbrook, one of Carmody’s partners at Forest View Veterinary Clinic

> in Lebanon, is quoted in this article as saying, “We’re behind John 100

> percent. He’s a gifted veterinarian.â€

> Carmody is scheduled to go before the Maine Board of Veterinary Medicine

> for a disciplinary hearing on October 3, 2002. The most severe punishment

> he faces is a revocation of his veterinary license, but his punishment

> could be as light as a temporary revocation or a fine. No criminal charges

> have been filed against John Carmody.

> Please contact the state attorney general and ask that he vigorously pursue

> an investigation and, if warranted, criminal prosecution of John Carmody.

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>> The Honorable G. Steven Rowe

>> Attorney General

>> 6 State House Station

>> Augusta, ME 04333

>> Tel.: 207-626-8800

>> Fax: 207-287-3145

>> E-Mail: <A HREF= " Steven.Rowe " >Steven.Rowe</A>

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> Please also politely contact the members of the Maine Board of Veterinary

> Medicine to express your support for the revocation of John Carmody’s

> veterinary license.

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>> Anne L. Head, Director

>> Maine Office of Licensing and Registration

>> #35 State House Station

>> Augusta, ME 04333-0035

>> Tel.: 207-624-8633; 207-624-8603

>> Fax: 207-624-8637

>> E-Mail: <A HREF= " anne.l.head " >anne.l.head</A>

>> Dr. Clifford " Kip " Temm II

>> President

>> Tel.: 207-985-1455

>> Dr. Charles W. " Bill " Hersey

>> Executive Secretary and Treasurer

>> Tel.: 207-364-8660

>> E-Mail: <A HREF= " hersey " >hersey</A>

>> Dr. Mary Sheridan

>> Vice President

>> Tel.: 207-377-2520

>> Dr. William Bryant

>> Executive Board

>> Tel.: 207-377-2520

>> Dr. Sandra Kudrak

>> Tel.: 207-825-2105

>> Dr. Matthew Townsend

>> Tel.: 207-873-2163

>> Dr. Ami Sawtelle

>> (former president)

>> Tel.: 207-588-0716

>> E-Mail: <A HREF= " AMIVET " >AMIVET</A>

>> Dr. Peter Davis

>> AVMA Representative

>> Tel.: 207-622-6181

>> Dr. Douglass Andrews

>> AVMA Alternate

>> Tel.: 207-781-4028

>> Dr. Kristine Hoyt

>> Education Committee Chair

>> Tel.: 207-874-7877

>> Dr. Eric Robinson

>> Ethics and Policy Committee Chair

>> Tel.: 207-799-2188

>> Dr. Chip Ridky

>> Public Health Committee Chair

>> Division of Veterinary Service

>> State House 28

>> Augusta, ME 04333

>> Tel.: 207-289-3701

>> Dr. Ray Youmans

>> Veterinary Health Committee Chair

>> Tel.: 207-725-6398

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