Pasco Animal Services Gets $25K Worth Of Love From Petco

PASCO COUNTY, FL — Pasco’s pet population will feel the love following the presentation of a $25,000 grant to the Pasco County Animal Services by Petco Love.

PCAS will partner with the Humane Society of Pasco County and the SPCA Suncoast to use the money to spay and neuter homeless dogs and cats. The grant will help PCAS provide the surgeries without passing the cost along to potential adopters, rescue partners or community cat caregivers.

“We’re grateful to Petco Love for helping us combat pet overpopulation,” said PCAS Director Mike Shumate. “We can also keep animals out of the shelter with our most effective lifesaving tool, which is spaying and neutering.”

Petco Love, formerly known as The Petco Foundation, is a nonprofit organization that promotes the loving bond between people and their pets. The organization has given away more than $300 million since 1999 to help with adoption and other lifesaving efforts.

Since 2019, PCAS has saved more than 90 percent of the animals entering its shelter through adoption; transfers to rescue groups; returning pets to their owners; and trap, neuter, vaccinate and return efforts for community cats.