Vets Central – Lava Street Veterinary Clinic and Doggy Kinder
WA-40032
VC Operations (WA) Pty Ltd (together with its associated entities, **Vets Central**) propose to acquire 100% of the business assets (both tangible and intangible) of Lava Street Veterinary Clinic and Doggy Kinder from Longyester Pty Ltd as trustee for the Longyester Unit Trust and Doggy Kinder Pty Ltd (the **Proposed Acquisition**). Vets Central is an Australian-owned veterinary group that owns and operates 84 first opinion veterinary practices across Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, Vets Central’s practices provide core and ancillary veterinary services, for household pets as well as livestock, and other exotic species. The services primarily include routine, planned, and emergency veterinary services (excluding after-hours services). Lava Street Veterinary Clinic and Doggy Kinder is full-service veterinary practice which also provides a dog daycare facility in the Warrnambool area of Victoria. The business provides a range of first opinion core and ancillary veterinary services for household pets (extending to exotic pets) in the local area.
Status
Assessment completed
Determination
Approved
Stage
Waiver application
Notified
15 July 2026
Acquirers
- VC OPERATIONS (WA) PTY LTD
Targets
- DOGGY KINDER PTY LTD
- The Trustee for Longyester Unit Trust