Pet Blood Donations Drop Because of Coronavirus Pandemic

Although pet adoptions have soared during the coronavirus pandemic, emergency care for them has never stopped. Blood donations from one four-legged friend to another have dropped because of COVID-19. People aren’t leaving their home as much for what they see as unnecessary travel and donating blood falls into that category for some, Dr. James Barr told Inside Edition Digital. “The pets would come in, they would donate blood, and we would separate it, in very much the same way it happens in a human blood bank.” Inside Edition Digital’s Stephanie Officer explains.