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Rescue Bank, a nationwide US petfood distribution program for animal rescue groups, recently shipped its 200th truck, delivering 27,000 pounds of dog food, cat food and treats to Angel's Arms, an affiliate in Mobile, Alabama, USA.
The pet food shipment allowed Angel's Arms to help local rescuers with several recent puppy mill and hoarder raids, recovering hundreds of pets in dire need of better care and nutrition.
"I would like give a special thanks to Angel Arms Rescue for starting the food bank program in this region," said manager for the City of Prichard's Animal Resource Services, Andrew Stubbs.
Ellen DeGeneres’ Halo holistic petfood Pet Foundation donated US$70,000 in disaster relief grants to eight animal welfare groups, in response to tornados and flooding in the southern US.
Grant recipients include Noah’s Wish, a nationwide group; Save our Pets Food Bank and SOS Club in Georgia; Arkansans for Animals in Arkansas; Blount County Animal Shelter and Second Chance Animal Sanctuary in Alabama; Paws, Claws ‘N More Rescue in Kentucky; and McKamey Animal Center in Tennessee. Funds for the disaster relief grants were raised at the 3rd Annual PETCO Foundation Gala.
“We’re thrilled to support these community leaders providing for the animals and people still in need after these disasters,” said Steve Marton, Halo chief executive and Halo Pet Foundation board member. “We’re very thankful for the support of our friends at the Petco Foundation, their many donors and our own Ellen DeGeneres, who is tireless in lending her voice and support to animals in need.”
In addition, Halo's nonprofit partner, Freekibble.com, donated hundreds of thousands of meals of Halo Spot's Stew to shelters, rescues and food banks in the southern US.
"It is so amazing to be able to help the people and pets in the South that have been struggling after the storms," said Freekibble founder, Mimi Ausland. "It makes me very happy to know that the Halo Pet Foundation is now sending money to these awesome groups … they do incredible work and need all the help they can get!”
A group in Auckland, New Zealand, is preparing to launch a petfood bank and has stepped up before it's opening to help those affected by the Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquake.
Paw Justice Pet Food Bank will officially launch at the Champ Wag 'n' Walk dog walk and fun day in Auckland, September 26, but co-founders Craig Dunn and Shaughan Campbell are distributing petfood from Heinz Wattie's Ltd., with help from Mainfreight/Dailyfreight, to animal shelters in Christchurch, New Zealand. Heinz Wattie's has donated several pallets of Chef cat food and premium Nutri+Plus dog kibble.
Paw Justice Pet Food Bank will distribute food to animal shelters and food banks across the nation.
Additional Champ Wag 'n' Walk dog walk and fun days will be held October 31 in Wellington, New Zealand, and December 4 in Christchurch.
Share the Love was recently founded as a non-profit group, to organize and distribute petfood donations to many needy animal shelters.
Created by Scott Morgan, this organization operates as a food bank, distributing petfood and pet supply donations equally to animal rescue shelters, as well as outreach shelters for low income families. Petfood manufacturers receive a large number of requests from shelters seeking donations, but do not always know which ones to choose. According to Morgan, this dilemma results in manufacturers throwing out excess food and supplies in order to avoid conflicts or lawsuits. He hopes that petfood manufacturers who discard food and supplies will instead consider donating them to Share the Love, so they can be equally distributed by his organization to many needy shelters.
If interested in more information about Share the Love, or to make a donation, contact Scott Morgan, P.O. box 458, Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, USA 27041, or call +1.336.655.4284.
Pets of the Homeless will hold a national petfood drive for the first National Feeding Pets of the Homeless week, Aug. 8-14.
The organization is asking the public to take donations of petfood and petfood supplies to one of the identified, local collection sites, so they can be distributed to food banks and homeless shelters nationwide. A listing of over 200 collection sites can be found on the organization's website.
"Since 2008, collection site members have taken over 52 tons of pet food and over $8,000 worth of supplies to homeless shelters, food banks and soup kitchens across the country. It is a combined effort to continue year-round collections of pet food. We applaud the caring, member volunteers who have reported their contributions. The need is great for communities to continue to donate to this on-going effort," said Genevieve Frederick, executive director of Pets of the Homeless.
Canidae Pet Foods Inc. expanded its partnership with the Pongo Fund Pet Food Bank in Portland, Oregon, USA, to distribute superpremium petfood to those in need.
The petfood bank began operations last year with a donation from Canidae of US$125,000 worth of petfood. The petfood manufacturer continues its support of the Pongo Fund with ongoing premium petfood donations, including a recent shipment of US$20,000 worth of its Snap-Biscuit treats for dogs.
