PETCO Foundation Public Service Canine Healthcare Fund Celebrates Success on One Year Anniversary
January 25 2005 - 5:14PM
PR Newswire (US)
PETCO Foundation Public Service Canine Healthcare Fund Celebrates
Success on One Year Anniversary SAN DIEGO, Jan. 25
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Since last January, nearly 30 canines in
a variety of areas of service throughout the United States have
received much-needed medical care thanks to a partnership between
the PETCO Foundation and the National Disaster Search Dog
Foundation. In January 2004, the PETCO Foundation and the National
Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) partnered to create the Public
Service Canine Healthcare Fund -- a grant-making program to support
the health care needs of current and retired certified search,
arson, detection (includes search and rescue, water, wilderness,
cadaver, avalanche, bomb, dugs), and patrol dogs. At the fund's
one-year anniversary, the PETCO Foundation and SDF are celebrating
the successes that have helped them repay the services provided by
these wonderful creatures. "The PETCO Foundation's mission is to
celebrate the bond between people and animals, and nowhere is that
bond more evident than the relationship between a service dog and
their handler," said PETCO Foundation Director Paul Jolly. "The
Canine Healthcare Fund is our way of giving back to these dogs who
so willingly give of themselves to assist people in a variety of
circumstances." The fund is designed to assist working dogs, in
service or retired, in cases where the handler is unable to meet
the full cost of their medical care. All too often, these canines
are in service to fire and police departments with stringent
budgets. Unexpected medical costs place a particular burden upon
them. The Public Service Canine Healthcare Fund provides the
resources to alleviate the situation and preserve good dogs in
service to the community's that need them. Wilma Melville, Founder
and Executive Director of SDF stated, "We remain appreciative of
the PETCO Foundation and the visionary efforts it has taken to
ensure that every canine in service is able to remain healthy and
have a productive life". About National Disaster Search Dog
Foundation National Disaster Search Dog Foundation is a nonprofit
organization whose mission is to rescue dogs and partner them with
firefighters to become the most highly trained canine search teams
in the nation. The Foundation is responsible for training over 40%
of all of the Advanced FEMA canine search teams in the United
States and provided 33% of the teams deployed on September 11, 2001
to the World Trade Center. Website: http://www.searchdogsusa.org/
or call 1-888-4K9-HERO. ABOUT PETCO PETCO (NASDAQ:PETC) is a
leading specialty retailer of premium pet food, supplies and
services with a commitment to quality animal care and education.
PETCO operates more than 720 neighborhood stores in 47 states and
the District of Columbia, as well as a leading destination for
on-line pet food and supplies at http://www.petco.com/. The PETCO
Foundation has raised and distributed more than $21 million since
inception in 1999. More than 2,500 non-profit grassroots animal
welfare organizations from around the nation have received support
from the Foundation. DATASOURCE: PETCO CONTACT: Margaret Logreira,
SDF Media Coordinator, +1-212-358-1589, or cell, +1-917-941-8527, ;
or Shawn Underwood, Communications Mgr of PETCO, +1-858-909-4662,
Web site: http://www.searchdogsusa.org/ Web site:
http://www.petco.com/
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