PetSmart Charities® Holds Royal Oak Community Adoption Event

PHOENIX, May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PetSmart Charities will host a community adoption event with the goal of saving more than 200 pets in Royal Oak, Mich. on May 14-15, 2011. The Royal Oak community adoption event will be held at the Detroit Zoo located at 8450 W. 10 Mile Road in partnership with the Michigan Humane Society.  

The event is part of 24 community adoption events PetSmart Charities is holding with its local animal rescue agency partners in cities across the United States and Canada throughout 2011. Last year, PetSmart Charities held 21 community adoption events that cumulatively saved the lives of 3,517 pets.

"This event is a wonderful opportunity for anyone looking to add a new best friend to their life," said Michael Robbins, Michigan Humane Society vice president of marketing and communications. "Since its inception over a decade ago, the metro Detroit community has embraced this event and its need to find homes for adoptable animals, to the tune of nearly 17,000 animal lives saved!  Furthermore, we are so pleased to have PetSmart Charities as a key partner of this event. It serves as a perfect extension of their in-store adoption partnerships with MHS and other local groups which finds homes for thousands of additional cats and dogs every year."

An estimated 6 to 8 million dogs and cats enter animal shelters in the U.S. each year, but approximately 4 million never find homes. PetSmart Charities strives to bring attention to the availability of pets at shelters and rescue groups and to the benefits of pet adoption.  

Proudly sponsored by Purina® Pro Plan® and Tidy Cats®, the Royal Oak community adoption event will raise awareness for pets available to adopt in the local community and provide the Michigan Humane Society with a venue to showcase them. In every location where a community adoption event will be held, adoption agencies will also receive increased adoption rewards from PetSmart Charities for every pet adopted.

"Every homeless pet deserves the opportunity to find a forever, loving home," said Kevin Hill, shopper marketing manager, Nestle Purina PetCare Company. "Our goal in supporting the PetSmart Charities' community adoption events is to help improve the lives of homeless pets by providing them with super premium nutrition as well as other important pet care supplies. We hope by providing these essentials, these pets and new pet owners can now focus on other important matters like growing a bond for life."

About PetSmart Charities

Established in 1994, PetSmart Charities, Inc. is an independent, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that creates and supports programs that save the lives of homeless pets, raise awareness of companion animal welfare issues and promote healthy relationships between people and pets. The largest funder of animal-welfare efforts in North America, PetSmart Charities has provided $110 million in grants and programs benefiting animal-welfare organizations and, through its in-store adoption program, helped save the lives of more than 4.4 million pets. To learn more about how PetSmart Charities is working toward its vision of a lifelong, loving home for every pet, visit www.petsmartcharities.org or call 1-800-423-PETS.

SOURCE PetSmart Charities