• News home
  • About us
  • Our bios
  • Contact us
  • Cats
  • Disasters
  • Pit bull data
  • How to help us
  • Follow us!

Animals 24-7

News on dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, zoonoses, & nature

  • USA
  • Asia/Pacific
  • Africa
  • The Americas
  • Europe
  • Obituaries
  • Please donate!
  • Search this site

Shirley Koshi, DVM, 55

March 4, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

M the cat at door

(Beth Clifton photo)

Suicide by drug overdose

Shirley Koshi,  DVM,  55,   owner of the Gentle Hands veterinary clinic in Riverdale,  New York,  was found dead on February 16,  2014 of an apparent suicide by drug overdose,  Barry Paddock and John Marzulli of the New York Daily News reported.

“Koshi’s death,  which is still under investigation by the NYPD and the city medical examiner, was the climax of a downward spiral that clinic technician Will Page said began with the filing of a lawsuit against her last fall in Bronx Civil Court,”  Paddock and Marzulli wrote.  Neuter/return practitioner Gwen Jurmark,  62,  sued Koshi,  Paddock and Marzulli recounted,  “because Jurmark said the vet refused to hand over a black-and-white cat named Karl.

The sick feline was rescued in August 2013 from Raoul Wallenberg Park in the Bronx,” by two women who took the cat to Koshi for treatment of a severe urinary tract infection.  The cat had been at Gentle Hands for about 10 days when Jurmark first claimed him.  Opened in July 2013,  the Gentle Hands clinic was reportedly already financially struggling when some of Jurmark’s supporters urged a boycott of it,  both online and by picketing it.

Please donate to support our work:

http://www.animals24-7.org/donate/

Related Posts

  • How can we fight the veterinary suicide epidemic?How can we fight the veterinary suicide epidemic?
  • Many human casualties in global shelter “culture war”Many human casualties in global shelter “culture war”
  • Vigil for vegetarian Elijah McClain, allegedly killed by police in Aurora, ColoradoVigil for vegetarian Elijah McClain, allegedly killed by police in Aurora, Colorado
  • Michigan stats confirm hunting,  child abuse linkMichigan stats confirm hunting,  child abuse link
  • Bear bile farm to become a bear sanctuaryBear bile farm to become a bear sanctuary
  • Armor is not enough to protect pangolinsArmor is not enough to protect pangolins

Share this:

  • Tweet

Related

Filed Under: Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human) Tagged With: Shirley Koshi

Quick links to coverage of dangerous dogs

FREE SUBSCRIPTION!!!

Obits & Memorials

  • Memorials
  • Obituaries (animals)
  • Obituaries (human)
  • Email alert list – Sign up today!
  • Our biographies
  • Memorials
  • Pit bull data
  • Black history & animals
  • Search this site

©

Copyright 2014-2023

Animals 24-7 · All Rights Reserved · Admin

 

Loading Comments...