The San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter was awarded a $2,500 grant from the Petco Foundation to support its lifesaving efforts during COVID-19.
According to San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter Animal Services Manager Jeanne Saadi, the Petco Foundation investment will be used to supply pet owners with resources in an attempt to meet the community’s immediate needs to help keep pets at home in spite of personal or financial hardships.
“What we're focused on right now is finding ways where we can help keep pets in their homes. We expect that a lot of people are going find themselves in transition with having been unemployed for a while or not being able to go back to their jobs, not being able to pay their rent and having to seek somewhere else to live,” Saadi said. “Moving is really the top reason that people surrender their pets and we think that there's a lot that we could do to help them either temporarily care for their pets while they're in transition so they don't have to give them up just because they can't find a place to live with their pets right away or need some more support for them so that they can use money that they may have spent to help their pets with their other expenses that they need right now.”
