The York County SPCA received a $25,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love to support its lifesaving work for York County pets and pet parents.
Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has invested nearly $400 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And Petco Love helps find loving homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations — like ours — across North America, with more than 6.9 million pets adopted and counting.
“Our investment in the York County SPCA is part of more than $15M 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 unnecessarily euthanized,” said Susanne Kogut, president of Petco Love. “Our local investments are only part of our strategy to empower animal lovers to drive lifesaving change right alongside us. We launched Petco Love Lost, a free national lost and found database using photo-matching technology to simplify the search for lost pets.”
“Petco Love’s partnership means so much for the York County SPCA and our community. One of our mantras here is that surrendering a pet to our shelter should be a “measure of last resort” – meaning, we want to connect folks with as many resources as possible so that they can have a successful pet experience and never have to surrender their pet to us in the first place,” said Steven Martinez, Executive Director of The York County SPCA.
The York County SPCA is dedicated to creating more life outcomes for pets in its community. In 2023, the York County SPCA officially became a no-kill animal shelter, achieving a more than 90% save rate. The organization supports York County pets and pet parents through its many programs and initiatives, including its spay/neuter clinic and pet food pantry. The organization has served York County since 1926 and is York County’s only nonprofit animal shelter.
For more information about the York County SPCA, visit ycspca.org. Learn more about Petco Love here: petcolove.org.
About York County SPCA
The York County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (YCSPCA) is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization dedicated to providing long-term human and animal services to residents of York County through programs that find permanent, loving homes for displaced and stray animals, help control animal population growth, investigate and prosecute cruelty offenders and educate the general public about animal wellness and safety. We do not receive funding from the national ASPCA. We are a community resource supporting all York County residents and their animals. More at https://ycspca.org/.
About Petco Love
Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since our founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, we’ve empowered animal welfare organizations by investing nearly $400 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.9 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide. Our love for pets drives us to lead with innovation, creating tools animal lovers need to reunite lost pets, and lead with passion, inspiring and mobilizing communities and our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change alongside us. Is love calling you? Join us. Visit PetcoLove.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.
