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Vet used outdated technique to painfully put down over 200 dogs, leaving them 'screaming in agony'

89-year-old John Hendrie Smith reportedly injected dogs in their hearts, a process described to cause the animals 'appalling pain'
UPDATED NOV 12, 2018

A veterinarian who allegedly put down more than 200 dogs using an outdated practice that caused the animals to scream out in agony as they were dying was struck off as a doctor. 89-year-old John Hendrie Smith reportedly injected the dogs in their hearts, a process described as causing the animals "appalling pain".

Hendrie Smith has been a veterinarian for almost 65 years and was found to be using the controversial method of Euthanization on hundreds of helpless animals at his Valley Veterinary Centre in Galston, Ayrshire, U.K.

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