NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
MANITOBA
UNDERDOGS RESCUE RECEIVES $30,000 FROM
PETSMART CHARITIES® OF CANADA TO FUEL SPAY AND NEUTER
EFFORTS IN FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES IN MANITOBA
Manitoba Underdogs Rescue to use spay/neuter grant to fix
250 dogs in remote First Nations communities in 2019
WINNIPEG, MANTIOBA – FEBRUARY 1, 2019 – MANITOBA UNDERDOGS RESCUE INC. has received a $30,000 grant from PetSmart Charities of Canada to help fuel its spay and neuter efforts across participating Manitoba First Nations communities. With the help of this donation and
through their Fix It! Manitoba spay/neuter program, the organization will aim to provide subsidized spay/neuter surgeries to 250 dogs while also delivering other veterinary care such as vaccinations, wellness checks and medications to pets in participating communities.
Fixing these dogs will prevent a minimum of 5,250 unplanned puppies from being born in the next 18 months alone—which will be a tremendous help to reducing the already overwhelming stray dog population in parts of Manitoba. This will reduce the number of roaming and stray dogs, including dogs that form packs and can pose a danger children, adults, and other animals in partnering communities.
Manitoba Underdogs Rescue is aiming to host four mobile spay/neuter clinics this year that will serve a collective population of 200 owned dogs. The organization also plans to complete 50 fix-and-return spay/neuter surgeries for community dogs in First Nations neighbourhoods.
“We are absolutely thrilled to be partnering with PetSmart Charities of Canada for the second year in a row,” said Manitoba Underdogs Fix It! Manitoba Program Coordinator, Kayla Simpson. “This grant couldn’t have come at a better time as we look to build relationships with new communities in the province. We cannot thank PetSmart Charities of Canada enough for this opportunity to fuel our spay/neuter initiatives in First Nations communities throughout Manitoba.”
“Over the past two years, PetSmart Charities of Canada has provided $50,000 to support the spay and neuter efforts of Manitoba Underdogs Rescue,” says Dani LaGiglia, regional relationship manager at the leading funder of animal welfare. “We’re proud to partner with organizations who share our commitment to humanely reducing Canada’s homeless pet population.”
To find out more about Manitoba Underdogs Rescue and their Fix It! Manitoba spay/neuter initiative, visit http://www.manitobaunderdogs.org/
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About Manitoba Underdogs Rescue Inc. Manitoba Underdogs Rescue is a registered charity and non-profit organization. We are 100% volunteer run and foster-home based. Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, care for, and ultimately seek out permanent and loving homes for Manitoba’s unwanted animals.
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About PetSmart Charities® of Canada:
PetSmart® Charities of
Canada is committed to finding
lifelong, loving homes for all pets by supporting programs and thought
leadership that bring people and pets together. Through its in-store adoption
program in all PetSmart® stores across Canada, PetSmart Charities of Canada
helps to find forever homes and families for more than 25,000 shelter pets each
year. PetSmart Charities of Canada also provides grant funding to registered
Canadian charities aligned with its mission under four key areas of support:
Preventing Pet Homelessness; Helping Shelter Pets Thrive; Supporting the Bond
Between People and Pets and Providing Emergency Relief and Disaster Support.
Each year, more than 500,000 generous PetSmart shoppers help pets in need by
donating to PetSmart Charities of Canada using the PIN pads at checkout
registers inside PetSmart stores. In turn, PetSmart Charities of Canada
efficiently uses more than 90 cents of every dollar donated to fulfill its role
as a leading funder of animal welfare in Canada, granting more than $14 million
since its inception in 1999. PetSmart Charities of Canada is a registered
Canadian charity, a member of Imagine Canada and is independent from the
PetSmart business in Canada. To learn more visit www.petsmartcharities.ca
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Media
Contact:
Lindsay Gillanders 24-Hour
PetSmart Charities
Media Relations Lead Media
Line: 623-587-2177
Manitoba Underdogs Rescue
Email: media@manitobaunderdogs.org