Petco Love Invests In Island Cat Resources And Adoption

Press release from Island Cat Resources and Adoption (ICRA):

April 25, 2021

Island Cat Resources and Adoption announced today a $2,500 grant investment from the newly named, Petco Love, to support their lifesaving work for cats in and around Oakland and Alameda, California.

Petco Love is a nonprofit leading change for pets nationally by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since their founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, they’ve empowered organizations with nearly $300 million invested to date in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And, they’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.5 million pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations, like ours, nationwide.

“Today Petco Love announces an investment in Island Cat Resources and Adoption and hundreds of other organizations as part of our commitment to create a future in which no pet is unnecessarily euthanized,” said Susanne Kogut, President of Petco Love. “Our local investments are only one component. This month, we will also launch the first of our national tools to empower all animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us.”

“This grant will help provide critical care for cats and kittens in need of medical attention. Every spring through fall, Island Cat provides medical care for hundreds of kittens. These funds will help provide treatments for common ailments in young kittens such as upper respiratory infections, parasites, and more to get them healthy for spay/neuter surgery and adoption,” said Merry Bates, President of Island Cat Resources and Adoption.

Island Cat Resources and Adoption is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of free- roaming and unowned cats through spay/neuter, adoption, and community education serving the Oakland and Alameda area. Since 1994, Island Cat has spayed or neutered over 22,000 cats, found homes for over 3,300 cats, and assisted in getting many hundreds more off the streets and placed in homes through local pet adoption organizations.

For more information about Island Cat, visit icraeastbay.org, and click here to learn more about Petco Love.

This press release was produced by Island Cat Resources and Adoption (ICRA). The views expressed here are the author's own.