The Biggest Scandals To Hit Animal Planet

The Vet Life is a reality show offering that stays relatively mellow, portraying the work of veterinarians in an animal hospital in Houston, Texas. So it's weird that this is the show that attracted controversy in 2016 for animal negligence, according to KHOU 11.

The sequence of events is important: The Grape family dropped off their two English Bulldog puppies to be boarded for a week at the hospital, then went off on vacation. The dogs were scheduled to be fixed two days into their stay. But one of the dogs died after receiving anesthesia (ostensibly for the procedure). Both of the dogs had eaten and had water before being boarded, which goes against common advice when preparing a pet for an operation. The dog's body was cremated and given back to the family when they returned from vacation, which they insisted they did not give the hospital permission to do.

The Grape family filed a lawsuit against the hospital, but there have been no updates on whether they saw their day in court. One of the vets who worked on the puppy, Vet Life star Dr. Diarra Blue, said in a statement that they did have permission from the family to perform the cremation. At last update, the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners was examining the case to see if there was negligence on behalf of the vets.

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