Pet Blood bank in Arizona

I saw this on the news yesterday at found it interesting. Arizona now has a pet blood bank. It started with a dog named Murphy who needed a blood transfusion, but his vet was unable to find any blood in the area to help him. Murphy's owner came up with a plan so that this won't have to happen again. Dogs and cats with univeral blood types are used as donors. People can volunteer their pets to be donors and save other pets lives.

Owners will put their pets on a list and when a donor is needed they will be called to have their pet donate the blood needed.

Yesterday on the news they showed the first dog to recive a blood transfusion and the brave dog who made the donation to save his life.

http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/r...cles/55168.php

It's horrible that not all pet blood banks are run like Murphy's.

Here's the link to Murphy's blood bank http://www.safeanimals.com/mbb.html

Our vet takes blood donations and in exchange shots are free or reduced. I'm not exactly sure which one because the dogs have to be more that 40 pounds and my biggest dog is 23 pounds :p. My RB Angie had a few blood transfusions right before she died. It's great that people are realizing this is a serious concern.