For Immediate Release:
March 25, 2024
Contact:
Sara Groves 202-483-7382
Palm Springs, Calif. – A pack of PETA supporters carrying cat and canine masks will descend on VCA Desert Animal Hospital and concurrently drop “dead” on its doorstep on Wednesday to induce the corporate—which obtained blood from The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank (TVBB)—to implement a coverage towards acquiring blood from animals held captive at blood banks. The motion comes after a PETA undercover investigation uncovered that TVBB is confining greater than 900 dogs and cats to barren cages and severely crowded pens for all times and routinely drawing their blood—together with from animals who’re elderly, emaciated, sick, and denied ample veterinary care.
Where: VCA Desert Animal Hospital, 4299 E. Ramon Rd. (on the intersection with Calle Santa Cruz), Palm Springs
When: Wednesday, March 27, 12 midday
Credit: PETA
“Nearly 1,000 dogs and cats are being held captive by this miserable prison-like warehouse, where workers bleed them over and over again and deny them any semblance of comfort or quality of life,” says PETA Senior Vice President of Cruelty Investigations Daphna Nachminovitch. “PETA is calling on VCA Animal Hospitals to commit to obtaining blood only from healthy dogs and cats who live in loving homes and are responsibly volunteered for periodic blood donations by their guardians.”
An Indiana State Board of Animal Health inspection of TVBB confirmed lots of PETA’s findings, with state veterinarian Dr. Jodi Lovejoy noting that animals held there have been being bled extra steadily and at ages far older than business requirements dictate—together with senior animals as old as 11. She discovered dogs saved in rusty, barren kennels with out bedding or stable surfaces in addition to ones with hair loss, pores and skin tags, and obvious strain sores, doubtless from being pressured to lie on arduous kennel flooring with none bedding for years.
PetVet Care Centers—a nationwide community of veterinary hospitals—dropped TVBB as a provider following PETA’s investigation. To date, over 50,000 PETA supporters have urged VCA’s guardian firm, Mars Inc., to implement a coverage towards acquiring blood from captive animals.
PETA—whose motto reads, partially, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—factors out that Every Animal Is Someone and provides free Empathy Kits for individuals who want a lesson in kindness.
For extra data, please go to PETA.org or comply with the group on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
