EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) – Evansville residents Deann Isbell and Marie Phillips, along with the family dog Tankie, are grieving the loss of a family pet that they say would still be alive if the area had 24/7 emergency animal care.
“I just don’t want to see anybody else suffer,” says Isbell. She and Phillips experienced the loss of their 8-year-old cat, Midnight, just after Easter weekend. They say the cat got sick, suffering seizures at night; an hour with no animal clinic open, in an area with no 24/7 option.
“I’m thinking, ‘She is not going to make it’,” recalls Isbell. “And I thought if someone could have helped her that night, maybe she’d still be here.”
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Isbell and Phillips live 5 minutes from the VCA Animal Hospital emergency clinic, who reduced their emergency operations in July 2025, citing a veterinarian shortage. The hospital now directs those in need of after hours emergency cares to the next closest 24/7 clinics, located in Louisville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee…