Rural/Smaller Town Vets struggles?
Hey everyone,
Im an Admin Dorector for my local humane society.
Recently I've noticed some issues we have with our veterinarians... we have 2 local Vets in town (1 is a single run vet and the other a more corporate name vet practice) and another that is 10 to 15 minutes out of our Town into another town. None of these Vets are open on weekends and thus locals are forced to travel 1 to 2 hours for any emergencies.
We recently had a guy who's two pups got quilled in the face coming to us for any help we might have. The smaller vet (his personal vet he goes to) declined stating she likes to leave early on Fridays. The 2 other Vets (more corporate) have denied as well.
In the end a board member paid out of theor own pocket for him to go to the bigger cities and hopes to get a gofund me to recoup the costs so that these two dogs aren't in pain anymore.
What's going on here? Is there something that im missing? Why would Vets decline seeing and removing porcupine quills?
Is this a bigger issues with Vets? Or is this more of a rural problem?