National nonprofit Petco Love invests in Columbia Animal Services to save and improve the lives of pets in the Midlands area
July 17, 2025
Columbia Animal Services is set to receive a $50,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for pets in the Midlands Area.
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 $421 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 7 million pets adopted and counting.
“Our investment in Columbia Animal Services is part of more than $12M 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 that uses photo-matching technology to simplify the search for lost pets.”
“Petco Love’s investment is truly impactful for our shelter and the community we serve,” said Victoria Clary, Superintendent of Columbia Animal Services. “Their partnership allows us to focus more intentionally on increasing life-saving efforts through enhancing pet enrichment programs and a more robust adoption experience. With this partnership, we’re not just finding homes, we’re creating healthier and happier journeys for our pets and the families who love them.”
For more information about Columbia Animal Services, visit animalservices.columbiasc.gov. Learn more about Petco Love here: petcolove.org.
About Columbia Animal Services
Columbia Animal Services is a municipal organization with a mission of “helping people help pets” in the Midlands area. Since 2021, Columbia Animal Services has implemented several programs aimed at increasing pet owner retention rates by providing essential resources to help families keep their pets at home and out of the shelter. As a result, we’ve seen a significant increase in our live-release rate and noticeable decline in shelter intake.
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, we’ve empowered animal welfare organizations by investing nearly $421 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 7 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.
