459 animals find homes at Florida mega pet adoption event

A total of 459 animals were adopted and are now at what, hopefully, will be their forever homes at a two-day “mega pet adoption” event in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, USA, on Friday and Saturday, according to a report on FirstCoastNews.com. Eleven shelters collaborated for the event, bringing animals from across northeast Florida to the Petco Love ‘Mega Pet Adoption’ camp at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds, the first time in nearly five years the event was held....

Evocative images from community pet vaccination camp in Houston

Houston PetSet, a nonprofit organization working to end the homeless animal crisis in Houston, Texas, USA, returned to the Baytown Community Center last Saturday to provide free vaccines and microchips for owned cats and dogs. This was Houston PetSet’s third large-scale community event of 2024, bringing the total number of pets served this year to nearly 2,500. The organization said in a press release that these quarterly events have become a necessity for pet owners...

Petco Love, Blue Buffalo promise $100,000 for cancer research

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...