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