Unalived Self: Vegas Veterinarian Caught On Camera Kicking Horse In Face Committed Suicide With The Euthanasia Drug Pentobarbita

[Sugar Cookie]

The Las Vegas veterinarian who was found dead in a lake last month — after he disappeared following video of him brutally kicking a horse in the face — died from suicide.

Dr. Shawn Frehner injected himself with the euthanasia drug pentobarbital and died from drowning in Lake Mead, a reservoir spanning from Nevada to Arizona, according to KTNV, which cited the Clark County Coroner and Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday.

His body was identified using dental records, the coroner’s office revealed.

Frehner, 56, had disappeared on April 6 after he was caught on video physically abusing a horse he was supposed to be treating.

He later apologized on Facebook after the video went viral, and defended his actions before vanishing.

“I did not blatantly haul off and kick this horse as it appears in the video,” Frehner wrote, according to News8Now.

“That was not my intention at all. It was done simply to get the horse in a better position so that he could breathe and get up and move so I could again try to anesthetize. But yes, I did kick him right in the chin, and I very much do apologize and wish this never happened.”

The wounded horse received treatment for abrasions to the skull.

At the time of his disappearance, the longtime veterinarian was set to face felony charges for animal abuse.

Frehner’s father told investigators he was worried for his son’s safety when he disappeared because of the backlash he had received from the viral video, KTNV reported.

Cause of death revealed for Vegas veterinarian Shawn Frehner, who went missing after being caught on camera kicking horse in face

The Las Vegas veterinarian who was found dead in a lake last month after he disappeared when video of him brutally kicking a horse in the face died from suicide.

nypost.com

 

[the cat did it]

oh well....

 

[BuffettGirl]

So what happened that you were up on charges for animal abuse already 'Doc', hmmm?