Ehren Seth Yablon, a veterinarian from Newark, New Jersey, faces serious charges after at least two pets died in his care, authorities said.
The Attorney General’s office of the State of New Jersey has filed an application to temporarily suspend his license to practice. The decision is currently pending, according to Pix11.
The deceased animals were treated at the “Newark Veterinary Hospital”, owned by Yablon, who was accused of multiple counts of animal cruelty and others related to the mistreatment of the dogs in his care.
In one of the cases, an English bulldog was taken to hospital for a bloody discharge. Prosecutors say Yablon ran blood tests and later told the owner the dog needed surgery. When the man returned the next day, they were informed that the dog had died. An autopsy later determined that no surgery was ever performed.
“He is definitely a murderer, a murderer beyond words,” said Jessica Portillo, who claims to be one of the alleged victims of the clinic. His five pet Yorkies were exposed to parvovirus while in Yablon’s care, but only one of them survived, he said.
According to Portillo and others familiar with hospital practices, the highly infectious disease will proliferate within the clinic. It was linked to the death of a husky that investigators say was improperly caged with two others. In that particular case, Yablon is accused of refusing to release the puppies to the distraught owner until he was paid $1,600 dollars.
“I am very happy that this is exposed to the world so that people realize what we have been going through and what this man has been doing,” Portillo insisted. “He is a monster.”
Susan Janett runs a local animal rescue center and has helped dog owners like Portillo with problems related to this clinic. She is now issuing a warning to those still receiving services there. “He needs to lose his license. He is not practicing in the interest of animals,” she claimed.
Despite the charges filed against her, Yablon was at the clinic on Wednesday, treating patients, but did not comment to the press.
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