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Michael Woods's avatar

We ended up leaving our vet of many years in Tucson after it was acquired by Mars. Suddenly, the number of required vaccines doubled, along with the number of visits required to administer all of them. This on top of much higher charges for the services and time required. Upon questioning staff, I found that there was general agreement that the policy’s and charges required by their new management were equally questioned internally. We took our business elsewhere. I would suggest to anyone using a Mars owned facility, that they do the same for the health of their loved pets (family members). The Mars family member that owns this system obviously has no interest the best interests of animals, but only the maximizing of profits by any means available. Speak with your and your pet’s feet.

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Growing up we never vaccinated our animals. And they had long healthy lives and never saw the inside of a vet's office. Because they were never sick.

I continue the tradition.

Unfortunately these days if you adopt from a shelter the little ones come with at least the first round of shots. While that is not ideal, it's better than continued yearly assaults.

It's all about profits. Greed is a bottomless pit.

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