Pet Valu donated $31,000 to maintain car on the street
Published Apr 08, 2024 • Last up to date 1 day in the past • 2 minute learn
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The North Bay Animal Rescue & Relief Transport is making ready for a busy week as will probably be transferring 35 cats and 28 dogs from throughout the province.
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Since this system launched in 2018, the transport car has travelled 177,000 and aided greater than 3,200 pets.
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The car is sporting a clear white wrap with its new title and heartwarming photos of cats and dogs. The refreshed transport is prepared simply in time for National Pet Day on Thursday.
“It’s very fitting our refreshed transport is back on the road in time for National Pet Day, as it has transformed our ability to reach and help pets in need,” says Liam Cullin, govt director, North Bay and District Humane Society.
“In the past five years, the unit has supported 154 rescue and relief operations, safely and comfortably transferring homeless pets from remote northern communities to more populated centres in the south where they can receive veterinary care and find forever homes. After so many years on the road, a refresh was much needed. The new name and look better reflects the services the transport provides.”
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Although the unit primarily travels to Thunder Bay, it additionally transports pets to cities throughout southern Ontario together with Guelph, Burlington, London, Kingston and Cobourg.
It has undertaken some prolonged, advanced journeys, together with a 2,800 km spherical journey to Dryden. The refreshed transport’s first journey this week includes varied areas of the province together with Sault Ste. Marie, Kirkland Lake, Haileybury, Ottawa, Brockville and Toronto.
The North Bay Animal Rescue & Relief Transport is made potential due to two Companions for Change sponsorships from Pet Valu together with $100,000 in 2018 and $31,000 this 12 months.
The first sponsorship was used to buy the truck and customized 24-foot trailer which is outfitted with heating, air-con and comfy trendy cages and may carry as much as 45 medium-to-large dogs or 75 cats.
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The second sponsorship will cowl insurance coverage and upkeep prices for the truck and trailer for the following 5 years.
Additionally in fall 2022, Pet Valu was proud to award North Bay and District Humane Society a $250,000 Companions for Change sponsorship to assist help building of the Companions for Change Pet Adoption and Wellness Centre.
“We created Companions for Change sponsorships to help much-deserving animal organizations across Canada achieve larger capital projects,” says Adam Woodward, senior vice chairman of franchise retailer operations at Pet Valu.
“We are very impressed by the North Bay and District Humane Society team’s dedication to helping pets in need, and we are delighted to continue to support them through our Companions for Change initiatives.”
Since 2018, with the assistance of beneficiant donations by devoted pet lovers throughout Canada, Pet Valu’s Companions for Change has raised greater than $3 million to help 15 animal-related organizations throughout the nation.
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