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Celebrate 5 Million Homeless Pets Adopted in PetSmart® Stores
<p class='bwalignc'> <i><b>Teach Your Pet How to High Five at June 16 High Five! Event in All Stores</b></i> </p>
Friday, June 15, 2012
Celebrate 5 Million Homeless Pets Adopted in PetSmart® Stores12:00 EDT Friday, June 15, 2012
(Business Wire) -- PetSmart,
Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM)
WHAT:
PetSmart®
and PetSmart
Charities® are hosting a High Five! party in every
PetSmart store in North America to celebrate the 5-millionth pet
adopted through the in-store adoption program since 1994. The
5-millionth pet is Dodge, a 5-year-old black and white Husky who
was adopted June 2 in Boynton Beach, Florida. Pet parents and
their pets are invited to join the celebration and take
commemorative photos giving each other a high-five in a nod to the
millions of homeless pets who have been saved through adoption.
The party will include:
-- Pet trainers on hand from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to teach pets how
to “high five” with their pet parents for a cell-phone picture
WHY:
Approximately 8 million pets end up in U.S. shelters each year and
4 million are euthanized, simply because they don't have homes.
PetSmart has been committed to stopping pet overpopulation through
adoption since it was founded in 1987. Today, more than 1,100 pets
are adopted daily through the PetSmart Charities Adoption Centers
located inside every PetSmart store in the United States, Canada
and Puerto Rico. That's 400,000 pets who find homes each year,
accounting for about 10 percent of all U.S. adoptions. PetSmart,
through PetSmart Charities, works with nearly 2,000 local
animal-welfare organizations that offer in-store adoptions.
WHEN:Saturday, June 16, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
WHO:
Leashed and vaccinated pets and their parents
WHERE:
All PetSmart stores in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico
VISUALS:
There will be lots of paw and pet parent high-fiving at all stores,
making for great photo opportunities.
About PetSmart
PetSmart,
Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) is the largest specialty pet retailer of
services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets. The company
employs approximately 50,000 associates and operates more than 1,241 pet
stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, over 194 in-store PetSmart®
PetsHotel® dog and cat boarding facilities and is a
leading online provider of pet supplies and pet care information (http://www.petsmart.com).
PetSmart provides a broad range of competitively priced pet food and pet
products; and offers dog training, pet grooming, pet boarding, PetSmart
Doggie Day Camp SM day care services and pet adoption
services. Since 1994, PetSmart
Charities, Inc., an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit animal welfare
organization and the largest funder of animal welfare efforts in North
America, has provided more than $165 million in grants and programs
benefiting animal welfare organizations. Through its in-store pet
adoption partnership with PetSmart Charities®, PetSmart has
helped save the lives of nearly 5 million pets.
Follow PetSmart on Twitter @PetSmartFind
PetSmart on Facebook www.facebook.com/PetSmartSee
PetSmart on YouTube: www.YouTube.com/PetSmart
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GolinHarris for PetSmartJ?Lyn Emerson, 972-341-2522jemerson@golinharris.com
