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Petsmart Charities celebrated its 3 millionth pet adoption on Saturday as a Colorado family welcome Winchester, a 2-year-old border collie mix, into their home.
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On Saturday, June 23, the Aukamp family’s adoption of Winchester, a 2-year-old border collie mixed breed dog, marked the 3 millionth pet adopted from a Petsmart Charities Adoption Center.
The milestone was marked at the Littleton Petsmart store on South Kipling Parkway. The Colorado Humane Society, which helped facilitate the adoption, was presented with a $3,000 grant from Petsmart.
The pet retailer says its charity has donated more than $52 million to animal welfare agencies since 1994, and that every two minutes a pet is adopted from one of its 928 adoption centers in North America. It aims to adopt out a million more pets, reaching 4 million total, by the end of 2007.
Winchester’s adoptive family, which resides in Highlands Ranch, Colo., received a lifetime supply of food, training, grooming and PetsHotel or Doggie Day Camp stays from Petsmart, as well as an Optimum Wellness plan for one year from Banfield, the Pet Hospital.
“Each year, 3 to 4 million shelter pets are euthanized simply because they do not have a loving home,” said Susana Della Maddalena, Petsmart Charities vice president and executive director. “It has taken us 13 years to adopt out the same number of pets. We are excited to celebrate this milestone. It’s a wonderful way to show our appreciation for the adopter and the millions of people who have already joined our adoption family.”