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  • Veterinary Practices are Increasingly Corporately Owned, and Pets Owners Pay the Price

    5 days ago - By Observer

    By the time Skye Gebhart and her husband brought their puppy, Maisie, home from the VCA Animal Hospital in Chico, California, their bill for two weeks of care was nearly $11,000. But they figured it was worth it since the puppy's vets assured them that Maisie was okay and would start improving now that her battle with parvo, a deadly virus, was behind her.
    But a week later, the couple realized their puppy was still quite ill. Even when they could coax her to eat, she would vomit up much of what she'd consumed. So they brought Maisie back to the hospital where vets offered more treatments...
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