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for Immediate Release
June 27, 2024
Kim Powell| 602-506-7387
Kimberly.Powell@maricopa.gov
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National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in Maricopa County Animal Care & Control to Save and Improve the Lives of Pets in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area |
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Phoenix, Arizona (June 27, 2024) – Maricopa County Animal Care & Control (MCACC) received a $90,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for animals in the Phoenix metropolitan 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 nearly $400 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 MCACC — across North America, with 6.8 million pets adopted and counting.
“Our investment in MCACC 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 launched Petco Love Lost, a national lost and found database that uses patented image-recognition technology to simplify the search for lost pets.”
“We are extremely grateful to Petco Love for their continued support,” said MCACC Director Debbie McKnight. “This generous grant will not only support programs that keep people and pets together, but also help ensure good outcomes for many of the dogs that come into our care.”
MCACC is a nonprofit organization that is committed to finding good outcomes for lost and surrendered dogs. For more information about MCACC, visit Maricopa.gov/Pets. Learn more about Petco Love here: petcolove.org.
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MCACC is a municipal shelter that is committed to finding positive outcomes for all animals who enter the shelter, while also providing important resources for pet owners in Maricopa County.
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 nearly $400 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.8 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. Is love calling you? Join us. Visit PetcoLove.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.
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