May 22, 2023
Contact: Leah Cohen, Communications Director
Media Line: (562) 728-4644, PIO@animalcare.lacounty.gov
Crystal Bugary, Petco Love, media@petcolove.org
National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in the Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation to Save and Improve the Lives of Pets in Los Angeles County
The Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation (ACF) is set to receive a $75,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for animals in Los Angeles County.
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 ours — across North America, with 6.7 million pets adopted and counting.
“Our investment in the Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation 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.”
“Petco Love’s support will allow us to continue to provide services to keep pets and families together,” said Marcia Mayeda, Director of Los Angeles County’s Department of Animal Care and Control. “We are grateful for Petco Love’s ongoing support of our mission and services and look forward to providing more resources to pet families in Los Angeles County.”
The ACF is a nonprofit organization that supports the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control through fundraising for animal lifesaving programs, serving the communities of Los Angeles County.
For more information about the ACF, visit lacountyanimals.org. Learn more about Petco Love here: petcolove.org.
About the Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation
The Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation supports the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control through fundraising which supports spay and neuter programs, pet adoptions, public education, disaster response, and animal welfare. Many of the Foundation’s fundraising efforts have enabled the department to enhance the care given to animals in the County Animal Care Centers. To learn more, visit lacountyanimals.org or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
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, or Twitter, to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.