Vet who shot cat with an arrow facing Texas veterinary board this week

Kristen Lindsey and the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners met today in the state's capitol for a hearing to decide if she should remain a veterinarian. The proceedings should last three days. Lindsey made international headlines last year for posting a photo on her Facebook page of a cat she shot and killed with an arrow. She's now fighting to keep her veterinarian license. The board's enhancement committee previously recommended that she have her license revoked. She is still currently able to practice as a veterinarian. She was fired by the animal clinic she worked at soon after the photo went viral. less Kristen Lindsey and the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners met today in the state's capitol for a hearing to decide if she should remain a veterinarian. The proceedings should last three days. Lindsey ... more Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Vet who shot cat with an arrow facing Texas veterinary board this week 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

A veterinarian that made international headlines last year for posting a photo on her Facebook page of a cat she shot and killed with an arrow is fighting to keep her veterinarian license this week in Austin.

Kristen Lindsey and the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners met on Monday in the state's capitol for a hearing to decide if she should remain a veterinarian. The proceedings should last three days.

The board's enhancement committee previously recommended that she have her license revoked. She is still able to practice as a veterinarian. She was fired by the animal clinic where she worked soon after the photo went viral.

She had been a licensed veterinarian since June 2012.

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The 31-year-old posted a photo of the kill on her personal Facebook page with the caption, "My first bow kill (cat smiley face) lol. The only good feral tomcat is one with an arrow through it's head! Vet of the year award...gladly accepted."

Once the post was widely distributed, Lindsey soon became the object of much anger in the animal rights community. Later, it was learned that Lindsey claimed she was protecting her own animals from the supposedly rabid feral cat.

But residents in the Austin County area who were familiar with the cat named Tiger said he was actually quite friendly and not wild and dangerous as suggested by Lindsey.

An Austin County grand jury later found insufficient evidence to prosecute Lindsey on criminal animal cruelty charges. The Austin County Sheriff’s Office said it was also unable to determine where and when the killing took place, or the identity of the cat in the photo.

Deans at the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, where she got her degree in 2012, had strong words for Lindsey in the wake of the incident.

She later admitted in a deposition that she didn't "necessarily" believe the cat was rabid, but did say that the cat's death was instantaneous and painless. She did not submit the cat for rabies testing.

According to Peter Osborne, of Alley Cat Allies, the nonprofit's staff attorney Misty Christo released this statement on Monday:

"It was heartbreaking to see the photos of Tiger in the hearing today. A veterinarian who could commit this type of animal cruelty should be kept from ever practicing veterinary medicine again. We're optimistic that the judge will uphold the revocation of Kristen Lindsey's license. She needs to be held accountable for her actions."

Alley Cat Allies works to protect cats nationwide.

Christo added that were about four pictures shown of Tiger, plus a video that Tiger's pet sitter took of him while he was alive.