PetGood Charities of Canada goals to convey consideration to the problem of pet meals insecurity with the first-ever Pet Hunger Awareness Day™ on Sept 26.
BURLINGTON, ON, Sept. 25, 2023 /CNW/ – With inflation, the rising cost of meals, and difficult monetary occasions throughout the nation, an unprecedented variety of Canadians visited meals banks in 2022.1 When pet house owners face meals insecurity, their pets typically occasions do too.
PetSmart Charities of Canada, a number one funder of animal welfare in Canada, is stepping in to assist convey consciousness to pet meals insecurity on the first-ever Pet Hunger Awareness Day™ on Tuesday, September 26th.
According to a recent nationwide2 survey commissioned by PetGood Charities of Canada, the vast majority of Canadians (77%) agree that they might forgo their meals to make sure their pet has sufficient to eat in the event that they had been battling meals prices. Through relationships with numerous organizations nationwide, PetGood Charities of Canada is working to assist lighten the load for pet dad and mom throughout occasions of want, preserving pets out of shelters and ensuring pets are fed.
“We know that circumstances change, however we consider everybody deserves the love of a pet, even when occasions are powerful,” mentioned Aimee Gilbreath, president of PetGood Charities of Canada. “We’re keen and excited to attract consideration to this essential problem by means of Pet Hunger Awareness Day as a result of when households face meals insecurity, their pets typically do too.”
To assist those that love their pets however would possibly wrestle to afford to feed them, PetGood Charities of Canada has dedicated $500,000 to assist finish pet starvation. $300,000 will go to Humane Canada to assist develop Canada’s first nationwide pet meals banking community, which goals to serve over 21,000 pets all through the nation. The grant helps:
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Identifying pet meals help packages throughout Canada and creating an interactive map to attach pet dad and mom in want with native assets
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The buy and distribution of pet meals for present pet meals pantries
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Identifying areas of want and serving to enhance the variety of organizations providing pet meals banks and pet meals help
“We are so grateful to associate with PetGood Charities of Canada to make sure households with companion animals can feed their pets and keep collectively,” mentioned Kathy Duncan, Director, National Programs at Humane Canada. “The pet meals banking program helps so many important organizations implement and keep pet meals pantries in animal shelters and human social companies companies throughout Canada.”
The further $200,000 will go in direction of grant funding by means of 2024, despatched immediately to varied animal welfare organizations throughout Canada and serving to maintain pet meals pantries stocked.
Those trying to help Pet Hunger Awareness Day™ and assist in the battle in opposition to pet meals insecurity could make an impression by donating to assist pets in want at PetSmartCharities.ca.
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1HungerDepend 2022, Food Banks Canada |
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2The PetGood Charities of Canada survey was carried out by Angus Reid Group from September 5th to 7th, 2023 amongst a consultant pattern of 1,550 on-line Canadians aged 18 and over who’re members of the Angus Reid Forum. The survey was carried out in English and French and carry a margin of error of +/-2.5 share factors, 19 occasions out of 20. |
About PetGood Charities of Canada
PetSmart Charities of Canada is dedicated to creating the world a greater place for pets and all who love them. Through its in-store adoption program in PetGood® shops throughout the nation, PetGood Charities of Canada helps hundreds of pets join with loving households every year. PetGood Charities of Canada additionally gives grant funding to help organizations that advocate and take care of the well-being of all pets and their households. Our grants and efforts join pets with loving houses by means of adoption, enhance access to inexpensive veterinary care and help households in occasions of disaster with access to meals, shelter, and emergency aid. Each 12 months, hundreds of beneficiant supporters assist pets in want by donating to PetGood Charities of Canada immediately at PetGoodCharities.ca, whereas buying at PetGood.ca, and through the use of the PIN pads at checkout registers inside PetGood shops. In flip, PetGood Charities of Canada effectively makes use of greater than 90 cents of each greenback donated to satisfy its function because the main funder of animal welfare in Canada, granting greater than $25 million since its inception in 1999. Independent from PetGood LLC, PetGood Charities of Canada is a registered Canadian charity. To be taught extra go to PetSmartCharities.ca.
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