Why pet owners are struggling to afford veterinary care

Private equity and corporate ownership are driving up prices and forcing people to make awful choices about their animal companions.

One day in 2024, Justin Laudadio found his cat, Chicken, writhing on the floor of his home in Feasterville, Pennsylvania, apparently in the midst of a seizure. Laudadio put Chicken in a carrier and raced to a veterinary hospital, preemptively grieving the whole way.

The veterinarians were able to stabilize Chicken, a brown tabby who was........

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