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Dr. Liz Ostendorf keeps a gentle and watchful eye over her dog Finley at the Neepawa Vet Clinic as the animal's blood is drawn by Paige Orser, regional unit manager with the Canadian Animal Blood Bank, and collected into a storage device on Feb. 27. The blood bank holds donation clinics in Neepawa and in Brandon every three months. The need for donations of blood is huge, Orser said, and one bag of blood can save three animals. (Miranda Leybourne/The Brandon Sun)