Dog in pain cried all the way to Kelowna

DEAR EDITOR:

Re: “Penticton is big enough to have on-call vet service,” (Herald editorial, Jan. 26).

I believe that it is essential to have after-hours access to a vet for emergencies if only for pain control. It’s cruel to expect Penticton pets who are in severe pain to be driven to Kelowna before they get some relief from their pain.

In the case of poisoning, that hour could be the difference between life or death.

I suggest that perhaps the SPCA Animal Hospital (as an example, but any other vet could as well) perhaps fundraise to get emergency equipment and oversee scheduling for the vets on call. Since after-hour services are very expensive for pet owners, the other vets on call could contribute to costs of the SPCA hospital doing the scheduling.

I sure hope for the sake of pets in Penticton that after-hours, emergency service become available. There is a desperate need for this in the South Okanagan.

My nephew’s dog was run over and cried all the way to Kelowna to be euthanized.

That’s not OK!

Linda Lund Penticton