We truly live in a dystopian world.

Most peoples only option for pet care, is the same company that makes M&M's.

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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Are you sure they're independent? A lot of these chains (Thrive, Lakefield, etc) have gotten clever and let the hospitals keep their historic name after purchase. These private equity groups own every hospital but 2 or 3 in my immediate area.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago*

    I don't know every chain off the top of my head to double check, but I assume that those two and the 3 I mentioned are probably more-or-less the top 5

    And using the locators on their websites, I can find 1 VCA-affiliated vet, and a handful of Banfield (mostly out of PetSmart) and blue Pearl locations operating under their own names. Nothing else came up around me

    I suppose it's possible some of them may be part of some smaller chains, and I'm not going to comb through every last vet in my area, but a cursory glance at a handful of them that I've used doesn't look like any of them are affiliated with any kind of chain.

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