San Diego Humane Society to receive $50k grant from Petco

Happy hippo Hannah Shirley the Humane Society s pygmy hippopotamus File photo courtesy SDHS San Diego-based Petco s nonprofit wing is set to grant to the San Diego Humane Society to advocacy the organization s lifesaving work for pets it was stated Wednesday Petco Love the national nonprofit founded in has invested more than million to pet adoption and lifesaving efforts across the country executives explained Our venture in San Diego Humane Society is part of more than million in investments in the past few days released 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 revealed 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 Last year the national nonprofit started Petco Love Lost a free national lost and identified database that uses photo-matching machinery to simplify the search for lost pets San Diego County has remained at zero euthanasia of healthy or treatable shelter pets since but it truly takes a village to keep us there commented Dr Gary Weitzman president and chief executive officer of the San Diego Humane Society We re incredibly grateful to Petco Love for their ongoing endorsement of the pets who rely on San Diego Humane Society every year