{"id":299479,"date":"2026-07-18T15:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T15:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/299479\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T15:16:09","slug":"owner-demands-3m-after-vet-ignores-dogs-while-she-died-during-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/299479\/","title":{"rendered":"Owner demands $3M after vet ignores dogs while she died during labor"},"content":{"rendered":"

A callous NYC veterinarian ignored a pregnant Pomeranian\u2019s agonizing final hours<\/a>, causing her and her three unborn pups to die after 30 hours of torturous labor, her devasted owner claims. <\/p>\n

Yiutung Lok is demanding a whopping $3 million in punitive damages from a Flatlands animal hospital, VEG ER for Pets, and veterinarian<\/a> Kayla Anderson for his beloved pet\u2019s horrific death in April.<\/p>\n

Lok, 57, claims Anderson brushed off his cries for help<\/a> about his furry three-year-old friend Eva and insisted the pooch give birth at home \u2014 when she urgently needed medical intervention or a C-section, according to the suit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Eva, 3, died in April after 30 hours of grueling labor because her vet failed to properly intervene, her owner claims. Courtesy of Yiutung Lok<\/p>\n

Eva was rushed to the VEG ER for Pets animal hospital in Flatlands at 4:25 a.m. on April 15 in agony, around five hours after she went into labor at home, court papers said.<\/p>\n

She was lying motionless inside Lok\u2019s Kensington home when Eva started \u201cleaking a significant amount of green vaginal fluid\u201d and the owner frantically realized something was wrong, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

One of the dog\u2019s \u201cwater bags\u201d \u2014 the amniotic sacs carrying each puppy inside the womb \u2014 were protruded and ruptured, Lok also claimed.<\/p>\n

He said he told Anderson about the alarming complications the 10-pound Pomeranian was dealing with, but the vet allegedly told him the discharge was \u201cperfectly normal\u201d and sent Eva home, court papers said. <\/p>\n

Anderson said the pooch would give birth within the next 16 to 24 hours, according to the filing.<\/p>\n

Most dogs go through the birthing process on their own without issue, according to pet care company Purina<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eva died at VEG ER in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Leonardo Munoz for NY Post<\/p>\n

But Lok claimed Eva\u2019s condition only worsened. The dog continued to struggle \u2014 and was unable to deliver a single puppy, the lawsuit said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He called the animal hospital later that day and into the early morning hours \u2014 but Anderson allegedly told him to wait it out.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anderson only suggested Lok bring Eva back to the hospital around 8 a.m. on April 16 \u2014 once her shift was over, the suit alleged. But Lok persisted and brought Eva in at 5:40 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By the time the dog finally received medical attention, it was too late. She died along with her unborn babies on the examination table 20 minutes later, according to the filing.<\/p>\n

Eva, seen with Lok\u2019s daughter, was pregnant with three puppies. Courtesy of Yiutung Lok<\/p>\n

Yiutang Lok, seen with Eva, is devastated after the tiny dogs\u2019 horrific death. Courtesy of Yiutung Lok<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s completely heartbroken, depressed, overwhelmed. He really misses her,\u201d Lok\u2019s attorney Peggy Collen told The Post. <\/p>\n

\u201cHis girlfriend cries every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lok had planned to sell each of Eva\u2019s purebred pups for about $5,000 to loving homes. He and his family have owned Eva since she was a puppy herself. <\/p>\n

He said that Houston, his other Pomeranian, was the father of Eva\u2019s babies.<\/p>\n

Lok\u2019s girlfriend Yenhont Kwang, seen with Eva, cries about her every day. Courtesy of Yiutung Lok<\/p>\n

Houston (left) was the father of Eva\u2019s babies. Courtesy of Yiutung Lok<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were hoping to see and play with Eva\u2019s babies,\u201d Lok said. <\/p>\n

\u201cEva made us laugh every day. Everybody loved her. Our family is devastated.\u201d <\/p>\n

The staggering amount Lok is demanding in is to \u201cnot only punish this particularly egregious conduct, but to deter similar misconduct in the future,\u201d Collen explained. <\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the animal hospital, which has over 120 locations across the US and Canada, said she could not comment on the lawsuit due to client confidentiality. <\/p>\n

\u201cEva\u2019s death was a heartbreaking outcome and our thoughts are with Mr. Lok during this difficult time,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n

Anderson declined to comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A callous NYC veterinarian ignored a pregnant Pomeranian\u2019s agonizing final hours, causing her and her three unborn pups…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[98,1840,1958,3100,57,9,56,63,65,64,58,46478],"class_list":["post-299479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-brooklyn","tag-death","tag-dog","tag-lawsuit","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-us-news","tag-veterinarians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}