UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


         Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): July 28, 2006


                                VCA ANTECH, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


         Delaware                   001-16783                     95-4097995
(State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission                  (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)             File Number)              Identification No.)


                          12401 West Olympic Boulevard
                       Los Angeles, California 90064-1022
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

                                 (310) 571-6500
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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ITEM 1.01         ENTRY INTO MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

Base Salaries of Executive Officers

     Pursuant to its  compensation  policies  announced on October 13, 2005,  on
July 28,  2006,  the  Compensation  Committee  of the Board of  Directors of VCA
Antech, Inc., which we refer to as the Company, completed its annual performance
and compensation  review of the Company's executive officers and approved annual
base  salaries  which are effective for the period July 1, 2006 through June 30,
2007.

     The  following  are the base  salaries  for the  executive  officers of the
Company effective as of July 1, 2006.

        Name                    Title                               Base Salary
Robert L. Antin (1)        Chairman, President &                     $825,000
                           Chief Executive Officer

Arthur J. Antin (1)        Chief Operating Officer &                 $525,000
                           Senior Vice President

Tomas W. Fuller (1)        Chief Financial Officer,                  $355,000
                           Vice President & Secretary

Neil Tauber                Senior Vice President                     $355,000

Dawn Olsen                 Principal Accounting Officer,             $225,000
                           Vice President & Controller

(1) Please refer to the employment agreements of these executive officers,  each
    of which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, for the
    other terms and conditions of their employment.

ITEM 9.01         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)      Exhibits

Exhibit No.       Description

10.1              VCA Antech, Inc. Summary of Executive Officers' Compensation





                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  Registrant  has duly  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



August 1, 2006                             VCA ANTECH, INC.


                                            By: /s/ Robert L. Antin
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                                                Name:   Robert L. Antin
                                                Title:  Chief Executive Officer