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Photo caption: A litter of puppies who were recently spayed and neutered at the Sacramento SPCA.<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cThis investment by Petco Love allows us to continue providing affordable spay and neuter services for our community, reducing pet overpopulation across shelters throughout our region and saving more lives,\u201d said Jennifer Brent, CEO of the Sacramento SPCA.<\/p>\n
In 2025, the shelter altered 21,733 animals, including more than 6,800 community cats, catapulting the shelter past a 350,000-surgery milestone. In addition, the clinic received four national Snippy Award nominations for their lifesaving leadership in high-volume spay and neuter, vaccinations, microchips, and being a champion for community cats.<\/p>\n
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 more than $430 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 \u2014 like ours \u2014 across North America, with more than 7.1 million pets adopted and counting.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur investment in the Sacramento SPCA 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,\u201d said Chelsea Staley, President of Petco Love. \u201cOur 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>, a free national lost and found database that uses photo-matching technology to simplify the search for lost pets.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAs the region\u2019s only full-service, 100% nonprofit animal shelter, we are honored to be a national leader in providing low-cost and no-cost spay and neuter services to those who need them most in Sacramento\u2014serving the public, partner shelters, rescue organizations, and community cat advocates,\u201d said Brent. \u201cWe are deeply grateful for the support of our community\u2014individuals, local businesses, and foundations\u2014who make this lifesaving care possible for pets and the people who love them.\u201d<\/p>\n ABOUT THE SACRAMENTO SPCA <\/strong><\/p>\n Founded in 1892, the Sacramento SPCA has been providing homeless animals with individual comfort, shelter, and love for more than 134 years.\u202fWe provide compassionate medical care to tens of thousands of animals annually and offer a variety of programs and services designed to keep people and pets together for life. Visit\u202fhttps:\/\/www.sspca.org\/ for more information and follow us on\u202fFacebook<\/a>,\u202fInstagram<\/a>,\u202fThreads<\/a>, and LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n ABOUT PETCO LOVE<\/strong><\/p>\n Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since our founding in 1999, we\u2019ve empowered animal welfare organizations by investing more than $430 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We\u2019ve helped find loving homes for more than 7.1 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 https:\/\/petcolove.org\/<\/a> or follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, X<\/a>, Threads<\/a>, and LinkedIn<\/a> to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.<\/p>\n MULTIMEDIA:<\/p>\n
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