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Hundreds of Cats and Dogs Bled, Warehoused Until Death at Blood Bank Supplying Major Veterinary Chains

From PETA.org
January 2024

The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank (TVBB)—an operation in Indiana that keeps nearly 900 dogs and cats perpetually confined to barren kennels and crowded pens and sells their blood to veterinary clinics—found that workers bled animals who were elderly, emaciated, and sick with upper respiratory infections, bone cancer, and other issues.


Left: Cats were held in crowded cages in groups of up to 30. They were forced to compete for access to food, water, perches, hiding space, and a single plastic kiddie pool of litter per enclosure. Right: Dogs like Jovi are kept in barren, deafeningly loud sheds for more than 23 hours a day—and all day on Sundays.

As reported by The New York Post, a PETA undercover investigation into The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank (TVBB)—an operation in Indiana that keeps nearly 900 dogs and cats perpetually confined to barren kennels and crowded pens and sells their blood to veterinary clinics—found that workers bled animals who were elderly, emaciated, and sick with upper respiratory infections, bone cancer, and other issues. Many of the animals were born and bred at TVBB, although the facility acquired some as strays or from staff who answered ads seeking homes for unwanted animals.

Animals ‘Just Stay Here Until They Die’

Tucked away off quiet Indiana roads—kept “hush-hush” by management, as one worker explained—TVBB confines approximately 360 dogs and more than 500 cats to bleak kennels. Many of the dogs and cats used by TVBB were born at the facility—where workers deliberately breed animals so that their blood can be taken over and over again. Humans hold these animals captive and draw their blood every three weeks or so. TVBB then sells the blood to veterinary clinics around the country.

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Cat Bambi
Bambi at a blood bank in Indiana. Workers drew blood for sale from Bambi, despite his chronically red, squinting eyes, and a manager refused the investigator’s offer to adopt him.

Dog Kolbie
Kolbie was rescued from the Indiana blood bank.

 

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