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This NYC vet makes house calls. In 'Pets and the City,' she's penned a memoir full of tails
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Dr. Amy Attas, left, and licensed veterinary technician Jeanine Lunz, right, examine Puddy Beyer, a 19 year old male Domestic Short Haired cat as his human Wendy Beyer, center, looks on during a house call, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in New York. - photo by AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
NEW YORK (AP) — As a city kid, Amy Attas had big dreams of roaming the countryside, healing animals a la James Herriot's classic “All Creatures Great and Small.” How did it go? Well, the veterinarian made it from Queens to Manhattan, spending the last 32 years traversing the streets of her hometown as a full-time house call doc. And, boy, does she have stories to tell, from escaping a massive, ailing and territory-threatened Rottweiler, fangs fully bared, to three weeks on intravenous antibiotics after a nasty bite from a cat patient.