(US) Pets Have Same Patient Rights As Humans

[Animalconcerns Info]

Here's a surprising fact:  your pet is protected under the same
patient's rights as you.
...
"There's always been confidentiality between the vet, owner and the
animals," says Laura Forsythe, with the Lubbock Animal Shelter.  "So
that information has never really been given.  It's just more
enforced now, everybody's more aware of it."

full story:
http://home.abc28.com/Global/story.asp?S=1321071

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