Hundreds of Cats & Dogs Bled, Warehoused until Death at Blood Bank Supplying Major Veterinary Chains

[red dog 1]

[et tu]

1. cruel and heartless

is this legal????

[whathehell]

2. Yes, and as to your question,

I wouldn't think it would be legal, and if it is, it certainly shouldn't be.

[et tu]

3. totally agree nt

[Biophilic]

4. Damn, I never thought about this.

I’ve spent my entire life around animals and I never thought about where blood transfusions come from. Granted most of my life animals lived or died and there was not the types of surgery available as there is now. But somehow one animal’s nonconsentual pain and suffering in exchange for another animal’s life seems really, really wrong. Damn, the things we are blind to.

[XanaDUer2]

5. Omg

Never dawned on me. Those poor animals. Ones no one cares about for blood for pets ppl do care about

[brewens]

6. That pisses me off. I worked many human blood drives at the Veterinary School at Washington State University.

WSU's vet school did a lot of early research on animal blood transfusions. We usually got a good turnout from the staff and students there.

https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/2673/2023/08/OCR-2-vetmed-history-book-FINAL-s.pdf

[catchnrelease]

7. Pretty horrible place

I know that some vet hospitals have resident dogs and/or cats that they use when blood is needed. But I don't know how common it is vs this blood bank hellhole.