We have reached
our 1000th Donor!

Pet Blood Bank UK (PBBuk), the UK's first national canine blood donation charity are delighted to announce that we have now reached our 1000th donation!

Ricky Morrell, a three and a half year old greyhound visited the blood collection session at Oadby Vets4 Pets in Wigston to donate blood and became the 1000th dog in the UK to donate blood to our charity. 

Speaking about reaching this milestone, PBBuk's Executive Director, Wendy Barnett said; "We are absolutely delighted to have reached this important milestone and it just shows how far we have come since we launched just over 18 months ago.  The fact that we are at donor 1000 now is testament to the generosity of dog owners all over the country who bring their dogs to donate at local blood collection sessions and of course the veterinary practices who kindly provide the premises for these sessions to take place.  Without these owners, we wouldn't be able to supply the veterinary profession with the blood products they need to save the lives of hundreds of dogs in the UK.  We are incredibly proud to have reached this stage and I'm very excited about the future and the launch of the UK's first feline blood donation service."

This was Ricky's first donation and he enjoyed lots of tummy rubs and doggy treats after the donation took place.  Ricky's owners commented; "We brought Ricky to the collection session as my wife and I are both blood donors and appreciate that there is the same requirement for blood within the pet world.  PBBuk also give the dogs a thorough medical check so it's a good opportunity to find out if Ricky's in good health.  I think that PBBuk does a terrific job and we are incredibly proud that our dog will have helped save the life of someone else's dog."