The Tony Forshey BAD VETERINARIAN AWARD was created by Arrowhead Reptile Rescue to showcase and highlight inexcusable, immoral, and unethical behavior by veterinarians against animals and those who help them.    The very first Tony Forshey bad veterinarian award goes to.... Tony Forshey, head veterinarian for years at the Ohio Department of Agriculture.  

      Tony Forshey was the head veterinarian in charge when the Ohio Department of Agriculture  declared that ARR was an authorized facility to accept Dangerous Wild Animals.  The ODA sent us over a dozen pet alligators that were confiscated and stolen from their owners by the ODA under the direction and authority of Tony Forshey for two years, based on a proposed law that had not even taken effect.   

      ARR helped the state of Ohio and the ODA by accepting all of these alligators and sending them to appropriate sanctuaries in Florida.   But the ODA didn't believe us.   They think the mother of our organizations founder must have been hiding alligators under her bed because they raided her house also when they raided our volunteers homes, even though she isn't even involved with animals, looking for the alligators they sent us.  Tony Forshey sent two veterinarians barely out of diapers who couldn't even tell what species of crocodilians we had to violate our volunteer's civil rights all because we helped them with animals.   

      For sending your minion veterinarians out to terrorize innocent animal rescuers who help you, and for approving, coordinating, and engaging in violent police raids against the very people you ask for help, we are pleased to present this very first Tony Forshey bad veterinarian award to Tony Forshey and the Ohio Department of Agriculture.