chennai jack a threeandahalfyearold german shepherd had been writhing in pain because of a skin ailment which also made him aggressive his owner joshua wesley decided to treat to him at home as the suffering dog was biting the family members when they approached him and they couldnt carry the 38kg jack to a veterinary hospital the decision proved fatal as jack died a few hours after being treated by a man who wesley says was a quack wesley a postgraduate student has registered a complaint with the royapettah police station against the man who identified himself as billy a veterinarian wesley says the man is not a qualified vet since i got his contact from a friend i did not check if he is a licensed practitioner wesley said he had administered antirabies vaccine to two of my pets last november so i thought it was safe to call him again after this tragedy he told me that he is not a veterinarian only an assistant to a vet blue cross of india that attended to the case said a banned drug was administered to treat the skin infection the dog appears to have died because of the medication said blue cross general manager dawn williams tois calls to billy went unattended he injected jack with anaesthesia and then began cleaning the wounds then he gave jack four injections and said he will be normal in three hours wesley said i went out and came back to find my dog lying cold on the floor my mother told me he had died the whole family is depressed police said they are awaiting the postmortem report from the veterinary hospital in vepery they will transfer the case to society for the prevention of cruelty to animals spca this is the first time we have such a case in the city said spca president t thyagarajan we have had cases of people poisoning and maiming dogs but not a case of a person impersonating as a veterinarian