Originally posted by Denyce
That part of this story bothers me. If the cat was actually diagonosed with rabies the owners would NOT have been allowed to take the cat home. There are only two ways of diagnosing rabies. One is to remove the head and send it to a lab and the other is to quarentine at an approved kennel or vet for a period of 10 days I think. If the animal is then showing signs of rabies by law the vet would have to euthanize the animal. It would never be given back to the owners.
Hmm, I didn't know that. I had assumed all this time that Domino was PTS at the vet, and it wasn't until the other night that it came up in conversation when we were at my in-laws house. Unless he made it up but why would he do that? Ok, here's the conversation:

My BIL & SIL were looking into adopting a cat and took their daughter to the shelter with them. My neice (she's 5) told someone there about how her hamster got sick and daddy had to shoot it. They all kind of laughed it off at the time. When they were telling me the story the other night, my SIL then said it wasn't actually her hamster but her sister's cat Domino that daddy shot, and wondered how my neice knew about that.

Maybe he just showed signs of rabies but was not diagnosed by the vet. I may have made a lot of assumptions here, but I can't imagine not wanting proof. I might have to ask about that...all I know is what I stated above...