Lost Dog & Cat Rescue To Get $75K Grant From Petco Love

FALLS CHURCH, VA — Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation will be receiving a $75,000 grant from national nonprofit Petco Love on Tuesday in support of the group’s work helping animals find homes in Northern Virginia.

A grant award ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at the Petco store on 1507 Rockville Pike in Rockville, Maryland.

Lost Dog & Cat Rescue, a nonprofit organization, finds homes for homeless pets through rescue and adoption. Founded in 2001 by the owners of Lost Dog Café, the organization has grown from a small rescue in Sumerduck, Virginia, near Fredericksburg, to an organization with a full-time Rescue Care Center in Falls Church that houses up to 150 animals.

Formerly called The Petco Foundation, Petco Love has invested $330 million in pet adoption and other animal lifesaving efforts. Petco Love helps find homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations like Lost Dog & Cat Rescue. The foundation has helped 6.5 million animals find new homes since its founding in 1999.

“Our investment in Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation is part of more than $15 million in investments recently announced by Petco Love to power local organizations across the country as part of our commitment to create a future in which no pet is unnecessary euthanized,” Susanne Kogut, president of Petco Love, said in a statement.

Lost Dog & Cat Rescue has saved the lives of more than 40,000 homeless pets, most of whom were facing threat of euthanasia at over-crowded shelters. The organization holds multiple adoption events on a weekly basis across Northern Virginia, and its adoption rate hit an annual record in 2020, with more than 2,747 cats and dogs finding their forever homes.

“We are beyond grateful to Petco Love for this amazing lifesaving investment — put simply, this grant lets us do more. It provides us with the ability to invest in our Rescue Care Center, by establishing a safe quarantine area of kenneling, which directly benefits our rescue pets and their well-being for years to come,” Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation Executive Director Dawn Wallace said in a statement.

Visit Lost Dog & Cat Rescue's website if you are looking for an animal to adopt or would like to learn about volunteering for the organization.