New Zealand Dog News

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November 21, 2007

Dogs' blood lifeline for others

A pack of greyhounds have hung up their racing harnesses for a life in the country - and the occasional blood donation to other canines.

Neil Marshall has six greyhounds who are now the lifeline to hundreds of dogs throughout the country.

Before being rescued, the dogs were destined for euthanasia at the end of their racing career.

The New Zealand Companion Animal Blood Bank, located on a farm in Colyton near Feilding, is the only private animal blood bank in the country.

It supplies blood to clinics from the Bay of Islands to Invercargill.

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