'RISE OF BIG VET' Wall Street's Plan For America's Pets: Private Equity Buying Up Veterinary Practices

[appalachiablue]

(16 mins). More Perfect Union, Aug. 7, 2025.
https://perfectunion.us/
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- Private Equity/PE firms and mega corporations control 50% of all veterinary clinics, up from 10% a decade ago. In that time, the cost of veterinary care has increased by double the rate of inflation. Vets told us about short staffing, long hours and constant pressure to boost profits.

YouTube Comments, Select:
- This type of Private Equity/PE needs to be outlawed. It's pretty much a cancer at this point.
- Priced out of home ownership, priced out of having kids, and now priced out of having a freaking cat.
- These are the same people who stole our medical care, our utilities, our housing, our internet services, our food...
- And with 'AI "companions" they also don't want you to have real human connections anymore.
- I'm a vet and I'm glad this is finally being talked about.

[Faux pas]

1. ...

Bottomless greed SHIT.

[appalachiablue]

3. Check. Predators devouring this country, horror

[calimary]

19. Indeed.

[Michiblue]

2. Pets will be the ones to suffer . . .

. . . when owners can no longer afford veterinary care and begin skipping needed services

[appalachiablue]

4. Exactly, poor pets will be hurt. The vultures have no shame as always.

[BonnieJW]

10. It's called financial euthanasia

They can't afford $6k for the surgery, so they have the vet put down the dog for $600.

[appalachiablue]

15. Awful, craven thieves.Thanks for posting.

[LittleGirl]

5. THE only reason I don't have a pet

Is that I can barely afford my Medicare copays, much less than to adopt and insure a kitty.

[appalachiablue]

6. That's too bad, pet care and other costs here are outrageous. I understand. The greed has to end.

[Scalded Nun]

7. The service from these corporate vet offices is pathetic and dangerous to animals

We dumped the vet office we had when they got bought out. Turnstile service at premium prices.

There is no level this evil we call vulture capitalism/PE will stoop to.

Also the reason you have seen the full-bore expansion of pet insurance offers. Yeah, they are your friend...believe me...why would I lie??

[BonnieJW]

11. I found an independent vet.

They have an association so you can find one near you

[Scalded Nun]

20. We did. Word of mouth is a wonderful thing!

[IronLionZion]

8. They might choose a Kristi Noem solution to America's pets

[SunSeeker]

9. Nothing is safe from these private equity vultures. nt

[appalachiablue]

23. Amen. Thank heaven activists & legislators like Sen. Eliz. Warren are exposing this scourge.

Private Equity Guts Everything from Red Lobster to Hospitals. 1 month ago. Sen. Eliz.Warren. MA

[SunSeeker]

12. One of these vets clinics soaked my friend for $8k for worthless chemo on her terminal dog.

My friend is older with no children, her dog was her child. The dog had a huge tumor in its eye and it was stage 4, yet they convinced my vulnerable, distraught friend to pay $8k for chemo treatment for her dog. The already sick dog was sickened even more by the chemo and died within 3 months, but not before the vet clinic pumped $8k worth of chemo into the poor dog.

[appalachiablue]

14. That's horrible, sad for all, esp your woman friend. How can people work at these rotten places.

[red dog 1]

13. Speaking of More Perfect Union...

The Republican-led House has approved a measure to reinstate collective bargaining rights for nearly 1 million federal workers, voting to nullify a Trump executive order for the first time.

— More Perfect Union (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social) 2025-12-12T15:42:05.828Z

[appalachiablue]

16. Thank you for sharing this good news! Well done.

[Wiz Imp]

18. I assume this needs to be passed by the Senate also

and then signed by Trump (which will never happen). But I'm not sure. It doesn't make sense that an Executive Order could be used to override a law duly passed by Congress.

[not fooled]

17. Check the ownership status of a practice before booking

Check this website--it lists practices that are in some of the major consolidators:

https://www.pets.care/verified/]


Also, look at the bottom of the main or contact page of a practice's website--if corporate owned, usually that's listed in tiny letters there (although it wouldn't surprise me if it's not disclosed).

I wouldn't hesitate to call and ask them before booking.

[mwmisses4289]

21. Thanks, unfortunately on their home page they state this:

"VERIFIED™ is currently only available for corporate-owned veterinary practices located in the state of Arizona — additional states will be available in the future."

[Nigrum Cattus]

22. billionaires aren't just worthless -

they are parasitic, you know
bloodsuckers, leeches, nepo-babies