BURLINGTON– PetSmart Charities of Canada has awarded $700,000 in grant funding to 17 animal shelters and rescue organizations across the country.
Officials say the grants will help local animal welfare groups care for and prepare more pets for in-store adoptions and events such as PetSmart Charities of Canada National Adoption Week (March 24 to 30).
Thousands of pets make their way to animal shelters and rescues in Canada each year.
To encourage adoptions and support local shelter needs, PetSmart Charities of Canada has recently changed the in-store adoption policy to allow for adoptable rabbits to be housed at in-store adoption centres.
In Canada, more than 50 pets are adopted every day at PetSmart stores. During PetSmart Charities of Canada National Adoption Week, shelters and rescues across the country bring even more adoptable pets into local stores to help them find people to love.
“Animal shelters and rescues across the country are brimming with pets in need of people to love them,” stated Heidi Marston, director of pet placement at PetSmart Charities of Canada in a press release.
“Adopting a pet brings joy to families and builds healthy communities.”
Among the 17 recipients are local sites the Guelph Humane Society and Upper Credit Humane Society based in Erin.
