8-K

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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                              ____________________

                                    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 1, 2005


                                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 8.01         OTHER EVENTS.

     Reference is made to the press release of VCA Antech, Inc. issued on July
5, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the press release
is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 9.01         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c)      Exhibits

EXHIBIT NO.       DESCRIPTION

99.1              Press Release issued by VCA Antech, Inc., on July 5, 2005.




                                   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.



July 5, 2005                                 VCA ANTECH, INC.




                                             By: /s/ Tomas W. Fuller
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                                             Name:   Tomas W. Fuller
                                             Title:  Chief Financial Officer





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



EXHIBIT NO.       DESCRIPTION

99.1              Press Release issued by VCA Antech, Inc., on July 5, 2005.

EX-99

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


                                VCA ANTECH, INC.
                    COMPLETES MERGER WITH PET'S CHOICE, INC.

     LOS ANGELES, California, July 5, 2005 - Our company, VCA Antech, Inc.
(NASDAQ NM SYMBOL: WOOF), a leading animal healthcare company in the United
States today announced that it completed the merger with Pet's Choice, Inc.
("Pet's Choice") on July 1, 2005. Under the agreement, we acquired Pet's Choice
for $60.0 million (less assumed debt, excluding real estate capital leases and
before other adjustments) in cash. Pet's Choice operates 46 animal hospitals in
five states with annual revenues in fiscal year ended March 27, 2005 of $69.4
million.

Forward-Looking Statements

     This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may vary
substantially as a result of a variety of factors. Among the important factors
that could cause actual results to differ are: a material adverse change in the
financial condition or operations of VCA Antech, Inc. or Pet's Choice; the
ability to successfully integrate the two companies and achieve expected
operating synergies following the merger; the rate of our laboratory internal
growth and animal hospital same-store revenue growth; the level of direct costs
and our ability to maintain revenue at a level necessary to maintain expected
operating margins; the level of selling, general and administrative costs; the
effects of competition; any impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill;
the effects of our recent acquisitions and our ability to effectively manage our
growth; changes in prevailing interest rates; our ability to service our debt;
and general economic conditions. These and other risk factors are discussed in
our periodic reports filed with the SEC, including our Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2004 and our periodic Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2005, and the reader is directed to these statements for
a further discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.

     We own, operate and manage the largest networks of freestanding veterinary
hospitals and veterinary-exclusive clinical laboratories in the country, and we
supply ultrasound and digital radiography equipment to the veterinary industry
in North America.

Media contact:    Tomas Fuller, Chief Financial Officer
                  310) 571-6505