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To: The California State House, The California State Senate, and Governor Gavin Newsom
End Emergency Veterinarian Price Gouging
End suffering for millions of pets whose owners are unable to afford emergency veterinary care! The blatant pricing abuse of many after hours vet clinics is enough to send many pets to their deaths by the cheaper method of euthanasia to avoid suffering due to the inability to afford care needed immediately. Put a stop to this vile price gouging like practice now!
Why is this important?
Over the last couple of months we had 2 unfortunate circumstances that required emergency veterinary service. On each occasion the "itemized" charges were 3 and 4 times the price of ordinary business hours veterinary care. The business model takes advantage of loving pet owners that would go into debt to help their precious loved ones. Costs of second shift operations do not justify the devious practices of blatant over-charging occurring in many of these after-hours clinics, taking advantage of compassionate pet owners willing to pay any cost to save their pet. What does this do to the majority of pets whose owners simply cannot afford these fees?