San Bernardino County Animal Care is set to receive a $25,000 grant investment from “Petco Love” in support of their lifesaving work for pets in San Bernardino County.
Petco Love is a national nonprofit organization 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. Petco Love helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations across North America, with more than 6.9 million pets adopted.
“Our investment in San Bernardino County Animal Care is part of more than $12 million 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 free national lost and found database that uses patented photo-matching technology to simplify the search for lost pets.”
“San Bernardino County Animal Care worked around the clock to evacuate and care for 853 animals at seven evacuation centers in response to the recent Line and Bridge fires. We are deeply grateful to Petco Love for the Disaster Relief Grant, which was instrumental in our providing life-saving aid for these animals and pets in need,” said George Harding IV, Division Chief of Animal Care.
About San Bernardino County Animal Care
San Bernardino County Animal Care operates the Big Bear and Devore Animal Shelters to provide programs and services to Mt. Baldy, San Antonio Heights, all unincorporated areas of San Bernardino County, and the cities of Big Bear Lake, Highland, and Yucaipa. Animal Care’s core values—commitment, care, and compassion—drive its mission to prevent rabies, promote responsible pet ownership, enforce animal care laws, and protect both domestic and wild animals. Animal Care also works tirelessly to reunite lost pets with their owners, place unwanted pets in loving homes, and ensure a high level of service to the community. For more information, visit animalcare.sbcounty.gov or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Nextdoor.
About Petco Love
Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since their founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, they have empowered animal welfare organizations by investing nearly $400 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. They have helped find loving homes for more than 6.9 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide. Their 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 more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change. To learn more about Petco Love, visit PetcoLove.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads, and LinkedIn.