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do that.”
The District Attorney’s Office has
indicated that it is going to proceed
with the trial.
“If Dr. Tierce is convicted, then
certainly he would lose his license
and face the possibility of prison
time,” Eggleston said. Dr. Tierce is
an elderly man, 72, and looks fragile.
The thought of his going to prison is
not a pleasant thought — but neither
was the image of the sweet-natured
dog, a family pet living 23.5 hours a
day in a cage that’s too small for him
as he’s being used as a one-dog blood
bank.
It’s a complicated case.
“What my clients want is justice,
so whatever it takes to get him to
stop doing this and to not do this to
anybody else. Whatever it takes.”
Dr. Tierce’s clinic continues to
operate. Dr. Tierce continues to go
into his office.
Is he thumbing his nose at the
suspension of his license by the Texas
Veterinarian Board? PCT never
received a return call from Dr. Tierce
or his lawyer.
There are still lights on at his clinic
and cars continue coming and going
from his parking lot.
How is Sid doing?
“My understanding is he’s doing
pretty well,” Eggleston said. “It took
a long time for him to recover and he
had some follow-up procedures, but
my understanding is that he’s doing
pretty well. You won’t get back some
of the damage done to his health but
they do have Sid back and he seems
to be doing pretty well, now. … He
lives inside and is probably more a
part of that family than most dogs,
certainly more than my dogs are. So
he’s extraordinarily well taken care
of.”
Sid is well-loved, and with dogs,
love goes a very long way.
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one sick little boy named Chandler
Davis.
Despite the fact that Chandler is
battling a rar