U.S.-based nonprofit organization Petco Love and pet food company Blue Buffalo have donated a matching gift of $100,000 to the Morris Animal Foundation’s Stop Cancer Furever campaign to support the foundation’s commitment to advance science to save animals.
The foundation’s annual campaign supports critical animal cancer research, including studies to develop new diagnostic tests and treatments. Petco Love and Blue Buffalo’s donation will match donor gifts up to $100,000 during the campaign, which began on Wednesday and ends on June 30.
Cancer remains one of the more pressing health concerns for pets. Six million dogs and almost 6 million cats are diagnosed with it each year in the USA alone, and the disease is a leading cause of death in adult dogs and cats worldwide.
“We are immensely grateful to Petco Love and Blue Buffalo for their generous support in our ongoing battle against animal cancer,” said Ryan Welch, Morris Animal Foundation interim president and chief executive officer. “The matching gift will amplify our efforts to fund crucial research to help pets affected by this devastating disease. Together, we are advancing science to save animals, bringing us one step closer to a future where cancer no longer threatens our beloved companions.”
Morris Animal Foundation’s mission is to bridge science and resources to advance animal health. Founded in 1948 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, it is among the world’s largest nonprofit animal health research organizations, granting nearly $160 million till date to more than 3,000 critical animal health studies across a broad range of species, including nearly $40 million for more than 300 cancer studies since 1962.
Since 2010, Petco Love and Blue Buffalo have partnered to raise funds for cancer research at Morris Animal Foundation, donating more than $7 million toward canine and feline cancer research. Petco Love is a nonprofit that brings communities and pet families closer and makes them healthier. Since its founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, the organization has empowered animal welfare organizations by investing $350 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. It has helped to find loving homes for more than 6.7 million pets in partnership with organizations nationwide.
Blue Buffalo is the USA’s No 1 natural pet food, started with a promise made to a lovable Airedale terrier named Blue who struggled with cancer. His family, the Bishops, wanted to feed him the best food possible and searched for food with high-quality ingredients, then decided to create something better—natural pet food for dogs and cats with nutritious ingredients, real meat first, and some of the highest standards in the industry.
Source: PR Newswire
