Next time your dog’s sick enough to need a blood transfusion it’ll probably be a Greyhound that saves its life — in New Zealand, anyway. On 09 October 2010 The programme This Way Up on Radio New Zealand National did a very interesting half hour interview with the folks who run a blood bank for pets:
A greyhound at play.
We visit New Zealand’s only pet blood bank in Manawatu where Neil and Sandy Marshall bleed cats, dogs and the odd alpaca! (duration: 27′17″)
Listen to the interview: streaming, Ogg Vorbis or MP3.
Meanwhile an amazing story of dog survival comes as the Chilean miners are rescued from their underground prison — Dog trapped for eight weeks without food – National – NZ Herald News:
A 16-year-old labrador survived eight weeks with no food trapped in an abandoned tunnel house in the Southland town of Riverton.
Listen to a longer interview for the full story:
Dog trapped for 8 weeks
A 16 year old labrador named Gail has been found alive after being trapped for 8 weeks in an abandoned house. She survived on her own body fat and water from a hole in the roof. (duration: 9′37″)
Download: Ogg Vorbis, MP3[Via Radio New Zealand National : Programmes A-Z : Afternoons.]
Note: the audio files may not be available forever.
Update: The pet blood bank was featured in the final segment of TV1′s Close Up on Thursday, 14 October 2010. You may be able to watch the segment at TVNZ On Demand. I presume the video will only be available to viewers from New Zealand.
