MCAR PRESS RELEASE
Mitchell County Animal Rescue (MCAR) is set to receive a $15,000 grant investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for animals in Mitchell County.
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 $350 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 6.7 million pets adopted and counting.
“Our investment in Mitchell County Animal Rescue 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 recently launchedPetco Love Lost, a national lost and found database that uses pet image technology to simplify the search for lost pets.”
“We are thrilled to partner again with Petco Love. This $15,000 investment will be used to help both shelter pets to become healthy and adoption ready, and in community outreach to help meet the needs of pets who already have families. It is only through the generosity and kindness of supporters like Petco Love that we are able to offer care and support to the animals of Mitchell County,” said Amber Lowery, Executive Director.
Mitchell County Animal Rescue, Inc. (MCAR) is a not-for-profit humane organization licensed through the NC Department of Agriculture and NC Department of Health and Human Services, and contracted by Mitchell County to operate the animal shelter. We receive approximately 25% of our operating budget from the County and could not exist without funds from grants, individual donations, and fundraising events.
We had 1214 animals in our care in 2022 alone. Of those, 488 were adopted, 268 were transferred to other rescues and, remarkably, 138 lost pets were returned home. In partnership with local veterinarians, in 2022 MCAR was able to provide 114 free spay/neuter procedures for pets of Mitchell County residents, and spay/neuter to 393 shelter pets. Two low-cost vaccination clinics served 353 animals. Our pet food bank is used daily by those who need temporary help in feeding their animals. In partnership with local law enforcement, MCAR has been able to rescue hundreds of animals from hoarding, neglect, and abuse cases.
For more information about MCAR, visit https://www.mitchellcountyanimalrescue.org. Learn more about Petco Love here: petcolove.org.
About Mitchell County Animal Rescue
Mitchell County Animal Rescue, Inc. (MCAR) is a not-for-profit humane organization devoted to the rescue and care of abandoned and otherwise unwanted animals in rural Mitchell County, NC, in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. Our mission is:
“To protect, rescue, and care for abandoned and unwanted animals; to promote the importance of spay/neuter in reducing the population of stray animals, to place animals in loving homes; and to educate young people in humane treatment of animals.”
MCAR was founded in 1984 as a grassroots, volunteer and foster-based organization, our success in community service led to a partnership with Mitchell County in 1994, ensuring that no animal in need would be left behind. We are highly dedicated to our community and we strive to offer as many programs as our budget will allow including: adoptions, intake of stray and surrendered pets, lost and found, cruelty investigations and prosecution assistance, low-cost spay/neuter programs, free spay/neuter programs for low income families, low-cost rabies clinics, pet food banks and community education.
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 $350 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.7 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. Join us. Visit petcolove.org or follow on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.
