FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Howard Martin, Haywood County Animal Shelter, (828) 456-5338, howard.martin@haywoodcountync.gov
Crystal Bugary, Petco Love, media@petcolove.org
National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in Haywood County Animal Shelter to
Save and Improve the Lives of Pets in Haywood County
Haywood County, NC (May 04, 2023) – Haywood County Animal Shelter is set to receive a $12,500 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for animals in the Haywood County, North Carolina area.
Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested $350 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And Petco Love helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations — like Haywood County Animal Shelter — across North America, with 6.7 million pets adopted and counting.
“Our investment in Haywood County Animal Shelter is part of more than $15M in investments recently announced by Petco Love to power local organizations across the country 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 part of our strategy to empower animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us. We recently launched Petco Love Lost, a national lost and found database that uses pet image technology to simplify the search for lost pets.”
“This investment by Petco Love to Haywood County Animal Services will help us to continue the mission to the community and their animals of providing high quality services and care,” stated Howard Martin, Director of Animal Services as he announced the grant.
For more information about Haywood County Animal Shelter, visit our website, https://www.haywoodcountync.gov/154/AnimalServices. Learn more about Petco Love here: petcolove.org.
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About Haywood County Animal Shelter
Haywood County’s Animal Shelter located at 453 Jones Cove Road in Clyde, North Carolina celebrated its 5th Grand Opening Day Celebration on April 25th. The new shelter has maintained its No-Kill status since that date. Strays without id entering the shelter are examined, vaccinated, and any medical problems are addressed and taken care of before they are eligible for adoption. Dogs and cats are available for adoption Monday-Friday from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. All animals are spayed/neutered, up to date on vaccinations, and have been microchipped. For more information on Haywood County Animal Shelter or to check out available animals, visit our website.
About Petco Love
Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes 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 $350 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.7 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide.
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. Join us. Visit petcolove.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.
