PETCO, Local Animal Shelters Join Paws for National Pet Adoption Days
March 22 2005 - 1:08PM
PR Newswire (US)
PETCO, Local Animal Shelters Join Paws for National Pet Adoption
Days Weekend Adoption Drive to Find Forever Homes for Orphaned
Pets, April 2-3 SAN DIEGO, March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of
PETCO's ongoing mission to find forever homes for orphaned animals,
PETCO stores across the country will participate in the 8th annual
National Pet Adoption Days the weekend of April 2-3. Working with
more than 1,000 grassroots animal welfare groups nationwide, PETCO
locations will host in-store adoptions and raise awareness to the
solemn issue of pet overpopulation. With the support of
Petfinder.com, the nation's leading internet-based animal adoption
organization, PETCO and the PETCO Foundation matched 12,511 animals
with loving homes during the 2004 campaign. PETCO, the PETCO
Foundation and Petfinder.com all make the adoption of homeless
animals a year-round cause, but have selected April 2-3 as a
special weekend to focus their combined energies. "There are
millions of wonderful animals in shelters right now, waiting for
the chance of a lifetime," says Paul Jolly, Director of the PETCO
Foundation. "That chance-the opportunity to share unconditional
love with a new family -- means the world to an orphaned animal,
and we hope to make wishes come true with this year's National Pet
Adoption Days campaign." PETCO does not sell dogs or cats, and for
almost 40 years has worked with shelters to find homes for millions
of adoptable animals. PETCO further encourages adoptions by
offering new pet parents Adoption Gift Booklets with up to $180 in
discounts on PETCO products and services. Last August, PETCO
launched its "Think Adoption First" program, which reaches out to
shelters that offer small animals, reptiles, and birds for
adoption, in an effort to help find families for all homeless
animals as well as resources for customers interested in these
diverse companion animal groups. As part of the program, PETCO
encourages customers to seek adoptable animals in the community as
a first option, providing informational kiosks and in-store
adoption opportunities to a larger variety of rescue organizations.
"With the National Pet Adoption Days effort, we hope to call
attention to the plight of homeless pets across the country," says
Betsy Saul, President of Petfinder.com. "We hope events such as
this will help the community realize that adoption is the best
option for adding a new companion animal to the family, and that
millions of great pets are available for adoption every day of the
year." 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's strategy is to offer its
customers a complete assortment of pet-related products and
services at competitive prices, with superior levels of customer
service at convenient locations, by hiring pet lovers and training
them to become counselors to our pet-loving customers. 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, PETCO's non-profit organization, has raised 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. Through the PETCO Foundation,
PETCO endeavors to be a community leader in promoting the welfare
of companion animals, as well as the importance of the human-animal
bond. Petfinder.com is the nation's largest and oldest online
adoption community. Working with more than 7,100 animal welfare
organizations across the country, Petfinder.com offers a searchable
database of adoptable companion animals. Last year, Petfinder.com
adoption partners found homes for more than 1.5 million animals.
DATASOURCE: PETCO CONTACT: Shawn Underwood of PETCO,
+1-858-909-4662, Web site: http://www.petfinder.com/ Web site:
http://www.petco.com/
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