May 19 News Release: Newly Named Petco Love Invests in Lifesaving Work of Tulare County Animal Services
Newly Named Petco Love Invests in Lifesaving Work of Tulare County Animal Services
Grant of $75,000 will help save more pet lives in Tulare County
Visalia, CA (May 19, 2021) – Tulare County Animal Services announced today a $75,000 grant investment from the newly named Petco Love, to support its lifesaving work for animals in Tulare County.
Petco Love is a nonprofit organization leading change for pets nationally by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, it has empowered organizations with $300 million invested to date in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. Additionally, it has helped find loving homes for more than 6.5 million pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations nationwide.
“Today Petco Love announces an investment in Tulare County Animal Services and hundreds of other organizations as part of our commitment to create a future in which no pet is unnecessarily euthanized,” said Susanne Kogut, President of Petco Love. “Our local investments are only one component. This month, we will also launch the first of our national tools to empower all animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us.”
“This grant is a game-changer in our effort to improve the lives of animals in this community,” said Cassie Heffington, Animal Services Manager at Tulare County.
Tulare County Animal Services strives to improve the safety and quality of life for animals and residents, serving the unincorporated areas of Tulare County. Recently, Tulare County Animal Services hit a higher than 90% save rate for animals in the shelter and is working hard to improve services for the community and its animals. These efforts include placing a low-cost spay and neuter clinic on the shelter’s property, set to open for the public in the fall of 2021. Funding from Petco Love will be utilized to both open the clinic and provide subsidized and low-cost services to Tulare County residents.
For more information about Tulare County Animal Services, visit www.tcanimalservices.org. To learn more about Petco Love, visit petcolove.org.
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About Tulare County Animal Services
Animal Services' vision is to be a transparent animal care organization administering quality services to the community; promoting the humane treatment of animals through community partnerships, outreach, and education; placing animals in loving homes; and decreasing the euthanasia of sheltered animals.
About Petco Love (Formerly Petco Foundation)
Petco Love is a nonprofit, changing lives by making communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since our founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, we’ve empowered animal welfare organizations by investing nearly $300 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.5 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide. Today, our love for pets drives us to lead with innovation, creating tools animal lovers need to reunite lost pets, and lead with passion, inspiring and mobilizing communities and our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change alongside us. Is love calling you? Visit petcolove.org or follow at Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we’re leading every day.
