Miami-Dade County Animal Services receives $250,000 grant from Petco Love to save and improve the lives of Miami pets

Miami, FL (Month, Date, Year) – Miami-Dade County Animal Services (Animal Services) received a $250,000 grant investment from Petco Love, a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier.  The generous investment will underscore Animal Services’ lifesaving mission and support its numerous lifesaving programs and initiatives dedicated to ensuring the health and wellbeing of Miami-Dade County’s pets.

“Our investment in Miami-Dade County Animal Services 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 all pets are safe and cared for in loving homes,” 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 patented image-recognition technology to simplify the search for lost pets.” 
 
“Petco Love remains an invaluable and loyal partner. Thanks to this generous investment, we can continue to pursue our vision of becoming a comprehensive pet resource center where we can provide additional services to the community and make our County a better place for our beloved four-legged family members,” said Bronwyn Stanford, Animal Services Director. “We are proud of everything we have accomplished together and look forward to helping pet families get closer, stronger, and healthier.”

The Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department is a nationally recognized lifesaving agency that has achieved the industry benchmark of a 90 percent or more save rate every year since 2015. Reaching and maintaining this gold standard is a testament to the continued support of our pet loving community and elected officials, as well as the hard work of our dedicated staff and volunteers. It is also evidence of the power of philanthropic partners, such as Petco Love. Funds from this grant will help the dedicated staff and volunteers at Animal Services carry out the Department’s mission to protect animals from cruelty and lovingly care for lost pets. Through this lifesaving impact award, Animal Services will also place a special focus on helping to reunite lost pets with their families and support pets who may need extra help with medical and behavior issues. 

For more information about programs serving Miami-Dade County’s pets and pet owners at Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department visit www.miamidade.gov/animals, call 311, or follow Animal Services on social media @adoptmiamipets. To learn more about Petco Love, visit petcolove.org. 

About Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department
Every year Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department (Animal Services) provides care and refuge for 28,000 to 30,000 lost and abandoned dogs and cats. Every day, Animal Services staff works diligently to find life-long homes for these abandoned animals by facilitating onsite adoptions, hosting offsite adoptions at events and locations throughout the community, and working collaboratively with rescue organizations, volunteers, and adoption partners. For more information call 311 or visit www.miamidade.gov/animals.

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, Twitter, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.