Huxley & Kent Launches Rescue Fund

A producer of upscale pet products, Huxley & Kent has started a rescue fund. The fund is designed to assist community rescues and shelters.

Each month a retailer will be selected to win a $250 USD donation to a rescue or shelter of their choosing. Retailers must order Huxley & Kent products to be eligible for winning.         

                    

Huxley & Kent Founder Robin Kershner said, “We are delighted to give back to the retailer communities with this fund. We feel that our retailers are all intimately involved in the needs of their pet rescue community, so who better than they to tell us where this money should go?  In addition, with at least 12—and we hope more—donations a year, there will be plenty of charities that will be impacted.”

   

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5000 Pets Find Homes During 2015 Maddie's Pet Adoption Days

Over 5,000 pets were adopted during a fee-waived adoption event, Maddie’s Pet Adoption Days. This is the sixth year for Maddie’s Pet Adoption Days and 89 shelters and rescues participated. Some locations even had lines prior to opening. Maddie’s Fund Founder Dave Duffield said, "Each year, Cheryl and I see the spirit of Maddie at every adoption location we visit. It's a tribute to her legacy and the power of one little dog to inspire a movement and bring communities together to find thousands of animals loving homes."

More than 35,000 dogs and cats have found homes during Maddie’s Pet Adoption Days. Maddie’s Fund donated $200 to $2,500 USD for each pet adopted to cover the cost of adoption. The funding helps support shelters and rescues throughout the year.

Maddie’s Fund President Rich Avanzino said, "We are on the one-yard line to achieving our goal of a no-kill nation. Events such as this help bring attention to the amazing companions who are waiting to find their wonderful homes in our nation's shelters. And we are thrilled at the sheer number of people who visited all of the locations over the weekend. We congratulate the groups on a successful event, and applaud the thousands of people who opened their hearts and homes to a shelter pet this weekend."

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Red Deer Food Bank and Alberta Animal Services Working Together

On June 9th Alberta Animal Services and the Red Deer Food Bank have joined Pets of the Homeless. Pets of the Homeless is a North American effort to provide donated pet food to locals that are unable to afford food for their pets. Millions of North Americans become homeless each years and numbers increase when the economy does poorly. Most homeless people are only without for a short period of time however it is more difficult for those with pets.

People may be forced to give up their pet or remain on the streets. Pets provide companionship and unconditional love. Approximately 25% of homeless and disadvantaged people have a pet. Pets of the Homeless supports the pets.

Pet food may be donated to Alberta Animal Services at 4640 61 Street Red Deer AB or at their Adoption Centre Located inside the Red Deer Petland. For more information call 403-347-2388. The disadvantaged can obtain assistance and pet food at the Red Deer Food Bank 7429 49 Ave, Red Deer, AB T4P 1N2 (403) 346-1505.

Hill’s and VCA Charities Provide 1 Million Meals!

Starting in 2010, VCA Charities and Hill’s Pet Nutrition  partnered up in a pet food assistance program. In May 2015 the partnership reached 1 million meals provided to pets in need!

Five years ago the VCA Pet Food Pantry program was started and it is now operating in more than 20 locations across Canada and the United states. Art Antin, Chief Operating Officer for VCA Animal Hospitals said, “We started the Pet Food Pantry program to provide healthy, nutritious pet food to families who could not otherwise afford it in the local communities we serve. By providing these one million free meals, we have helped many families in need hold on to the loving and comforting bond their pets provide.”

Hill’s Pet Nutrition, which manufactures Science Diet, Prescription Diet, and Ideal Balance donates pet food to more than 50% of the United States based VCA Pet Food Pantries. Kostas Kontopanos, President of Hill’s Pet Nutrition, North America, said, “Our mission at Hill’s is to help enrich and lengthen the special relationships between people and their pets. We want to help transform lives, and this partnership with VCA Charities allows us to do that by keeping a pet with its family during a time of need when its unconditional love is most needed.”

   

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