Two of the former veterinarian technicians told the Star Thursday the complaint was submitted in 2014; however, the report states that the college received reports of animals being mistreated by Rekhi in March and April of 2015. A group of former Skyway Animal Hospital veterinarian technicians submitted a complaint to the CVO against Mahavir Rekhi, which included videos from the clinic’s surveillance system that show Rekhi roughly handling animals in 2012 and 2013. The College of Veterinarians of Ontario has released its discipline committee’s report on a St. Catharines veterinarian whose licence was suspended after videos taken by former employees showed him hitting and choking dogs in his care. The panel noted Rekhi completed a seminar on “low stress handling” of animals March 2 and an online certificate from the American Animal Hospital Association on animal restraint and behavior modification. The complainants the Star spoke to Thursday said the penalties weren’t harsh enough and that Rekhi should have had his licence revoked.

Source: thestar September 18, 2016 21:56 UTC