Vet fined €12,500 for dangerous drug administration

A Dublin veterinary surgeon has been fined €12,500, while a supervisor at a dog pound has been fined €400, for their roles in the unlawful administration of a euthanasia drug to two dogs in 2020, reports Jessica Magee and Sonya McLean.

The two cases are the latest in a series of prosecutions at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court relating to events at Ashton Dog Pound over the weekend of July 24, 2020, when a drug known as Dolethal was given orally to two dogs who later died.