Pet Vaccines Class Action LAWSUIT

[Crossfire Bulldogs]

I found this interesting and thought I'd pass it on. This is not posted to bring about a debate but is simply information supplied if you wish to get involved or find out more information.

Pet Vaccines Class Action LAWSUIT
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 07:16:10 -0400

Dr. Bob Rogers drbob@critterfixer.com (281) 370-3262, a whistleblowing veterinarian from Texas, has, with the law firm of Childress, Duffy, Goldblatt in Chicago, begun the process for launching a class action lawsuit "arising from the misrepresentation of the need for pet vaccinations" (see e-mail announcement below).
Roy R. Brandys or John Sawin
Childress Duffy Goldblatt, Ltd.
petvaccine@childresslaw.net
312-494-0200

Dogs Adverse Reactions http://www.dogsadversereactions.com/ will be posting all of the relevant information and updates on this class action lawsuit on their website at http://www.dogsadversereactions.com/classaction.html.
Contact information for Dr. Rogers and Attorneys Brandys and Swain of Childress Duffy Goldblatt is above.


Critter Fixer Pet Hospital
Bob Rogers DVM
5703 Louetta Spring, Texas 77379

Dear Pet Owner,
The Law Firm of Childress Duffy Goldblatt, Ltd. of Chicago, Illinois, has agreed to investigate and pursue a potential class action lawsuit arising from the misrepresentation of the need for pet vaccinations. If you have paid for pet vaccinations in the last four years without adequate disclosures, please email the Firm at petvaccine@childresslaw.net.

Every year over 30 thousand dogs and cats in the U.S. die from adverse reactions from unnecessary vaccines. It has been ten years since the article first appeared in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association entitled "Are we Vaccinating too much?" in which and Dr Ron Schultz stated, "Clients are paying for something with no effect except the risk of an adverse reaction".

Since that time the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Feline Practitioners, and the American Animal Hospital Association as well as twenty- two schools of Veterinary Medicine in the U.S. have endorsed reductions in the numbers and frequency of vaccinations recommended for pets. More and more research has confirmed that most vaccines are unnecessary and potentially harmful. And yet 90% of the Veterinarians in the United States have ignored these guidelines, and continue to give vaccines, which have been proven to be unnecessary and potentially harmful.

My efforts in the last six years to promote change have been met with frustration. I have written to every State Board of Veterinary Medicine in the U.S. I have been before the Texas State Board six times. After I appeared before the Texas Sunset Committee, a group of 12 Senators who over-see the State Veterinary Board, they ordered the Board to crack down on unnecessary vaccines. They have not. The Attorney General's office in Texas has agreed that it is unlawful for a Veterinarian to obtain a fee by the misrepresentation of the benefit or necessity of vaccines. And yet the misrepresentation of vaccines to the public and the harming of our pets continues unchecked.

We need your help. I feel that a class action lawsuit is the only way pet owners can get fair and ethical treatment for our loved ones.
Sincerely,
Dr. Bob Rogers



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[flyndog]

I live in Texas. This is also not a debate, but a clarification. Dr. Rogers' suit has been brought against veterinarians. Rabies vaccine given more than once every 3 years is one of the many vaccines cited as being, among other things, fraud against owners. Each county in the Great Republic of Texas writes its own law about rabies vaccine. If there is no law, it defaults to the State law, which is annual. I believe Dr. Rogers' intent is to pressure vets to go to their local and state officials for change. However not every county in Texas has a veterinarian that can influence another county's commissioners. Living in Houston, he may have forgotten that most of Texas is huge, rural and full of cattle. If Texas dog owners want to help, they must go to their state and county officials for change. I don't disagree with Dr. Roger's statements. The suit can be viewed in its entirety here: http://www.petresource.com/articleso.../texasvet.html

[flyndog]

BTW, thanks for posting that, Sonja. I'm in one of the counties without a specific law, so have annual vaccines and working toward change.

[Crossfire Bulldogs]

Thanks for the clarification, I should have just sent it to you and let you look it over since its right there in your state before posting it.