Comfort Zone® Products Kicks Off Summer Early With Comfort Zone Cool Cat Sweepstakes; Grand Prize Is A Pet-Friendly Vacation

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The people who bring you Comfort Zone® products, a Central Garden & Pet Company brand, announce the kickoff of the "Comfort Zone Cool Cat Sweepstakes," a sweepstakes on Facebook that celebrates summer travel and offers prizes that will help pets and their parents relax to "keep their cool." Changes in your pet's environment, including travel, moving or the shuffle of the summer season when children are home from school, can cause stress for your pets and give them reason to act out. Comfort Zone® products are an effective way of managing stress-related behavior such as vertical scratching, urine marking in cats and excessive barking and chewing in dogs. Comfort Zone® with Feliway® products for cats and Comfort Zone® with D.A.P.® products for dogs mimic the pheromones secreted by dogs and cats, respectively, to reduce undesirable behavior.

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"Central Garden & Pet and Comfort Zone® products are committed to providing pet parents solutions to help manage their pet's unwelcome behavior often due to the stress of environmental challenges," said Sonny Singh, Director of Marketing - Animal Health for Central Garden & Pet Company. "While it can be stressful for a cat or dog, it can also be difficult for pet parents when their four-legged friends indulge in naughty, undesirable behavior. We wanted to reward people for their dedication to their pets through the Comfort Zone Cool Cat Sweepstakes, compliments of Central Garden & Pet."

Central Garden & Pet invites consumers to 'Like' Comfort Zone on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ComfortZoneProducts for a chance to win a four-night getaway to one of the country's most pet-friendly travel destinations – Key West, FL. The promotion begins on May 30 at 12:00 a.m. CT and ends on July 31, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. CT.

One lucky recipient will win the grand prize, featuring a four-night stay at a pet-friendly Key West hotel for two people and one cat or dog, in addition to roundtrip airfare for two and their pet, transportation and spending allowance, making the total grand prize worth approximately $4,000. Prizes for the weekly drawings include a year's worth of Comfort Zone® products for one cat or one dog or a $150 Bliss® Spa gift certificate. No purchase is necessary to enter the sweepstakes. Valid entries will be accepted from May 30 at 12:00 a.m. CT – July 31, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. CT. Limit of one (1) entry per person per day.

To learn more about Comfort Zone® products and the Comfort Zone Cool Cat Sweepstakes, including the Official Rules, please visit www.Facebook.com/ComfortZoneProducts and click on the Sweepstakes tab.

About Comfort Zone® Products

Comfort Zone® behavior products for cats and dogs help reduce stress-related behavior in your pets by mimicking the calming pheromone naturally secreted by cats and dogs that help them feel safe and comfortable. Comfort Zone® with Feliway® products for cats help control destructive urine marking and scratching associated with fear or stressful situations. Comfort Zone® with D.A.P.® (Dog Appeasing Pheromone) products for dogs helps control excessive barking, destructive digging, chewing and house soiling.*  For a complete product list, benefits and store locator, visit http://petcomfortzone.com. *Data on file

About Central Garden & Pet

Central Garden & Pet Company is a leading innovator, marketer and producer of quality branded products for the lawn & garden and pet supplies markets. Committed to new product innovation, our products are sold to specialty independent and mass retailers. Participating categories in Lawn & Garden include: Grass seed and the brands PENNINGTON®, SMART SEED® and THE REBELS®; wild bird feed and the brand PENNINGTON®; weed and insect control and the brands AMDRO®, SEVIN®, IRONITE® and OVER-N-OUT®; and decorative outdoor patio products and the brands NORCAL ®, NEW ENGLAND POTTERY® and MATTHEWS FOUR SEASONS™. We also provide a host of other regional and application-specific garden brands and supplies. Participating categories in Pet include: Animal health and the brands ADAMS™, BIO SPOT® and ZODIAC®; aquatics and reptile and the brands OCEANIC®, AQUEON® and ZILLA®; bird & small animal and the brands KAYTEE®, SUPER PET® and CRITTER TRAIL®; dog & cat and the brands T.F.H.®, NYLABONE®, FOUR PAWS®, PINNACLE® and AVO-DERM®; and equine and the brands FARNAM®, BRONCO® and SUPERMASK®. We also provide a host of other application-specific pet brands and supplies. Central Garden & Pet Company is based in Walnut Creek, California, and has approximately 4,100 employees, primarily in North America. For additional information on Central Garden & Pet Company, including access to the Company's SEC filings, please visit the Company's website at www.central.com.

D.A.P. and Feliway are registered trademarks of Ceva Sante Animale.  All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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