Cat mistakenly euthanized after routine animal hospital stay:
A case of mistaken identity ended up killing a beloved family pet. Maria Velez and her son, Austin, went to pick up their cat, Buddy, from the vet only to discover he had been euthanized, the St. Petersburg Times reports.Velez said when she arrived at Hernando County Animal Hospital, workers handed over a cat that bore Buddy’s orange tiger-stripe markings but was missing its tail and far too skinny to be her pet. Workers then realized that Buddy was dead.
An animal service worker who meant to call Buddy’s owner called the wrong person. That person said they did not want the cat, and gave the OK to euthanize Buddy.
“I was horrified,” Velez told to St. Petersburg Times. “My poor baby.”
