{
  "id": 4380001,
  "title": "Pet owners at risk of being ripped off by private equity firms as vet ownership rules change",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/pet-owners-at-risk-of-being-ripped-off-by-private-equity-firms-as-vet",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-30T08:00:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/30/pet-owners-private-equity-firms-vet-ownership-rules-change"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Critics say changes by CMA will allow multinationals to obscure their ownership of vet practices Pet owners have been warned that they could be unknowingly ripped off by private equity firms who have bought local vet clinics, after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) removed requirements for multinational companies to disclose which practices they own. The CMA recently ran an…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}