San Francisco, CA: Kitten Season Approaches, City Agency Finds New Partner to Help Adoptions
The city of San Francisco’s Department of Animal Care and Control has joined with Pet Food Express, a Northern California pet food and supply chain with 41 locations, to help place abandoned cats in loving homes.
It is the first time the city agency has collaborated with a for-profit business for this purpose, and already cat adoption rates have increased significantly. Last fall, Pet Food Express installed an adoption center in its flagship Market Street location as an experiment.
“They knew it was a challenge for us to get pets adopted out of the shelter,” said Rebecca Katz, head of the agency. “It’s been incredible. We can barely keep it stocked with cats.”
“A lot of people, for whatever reason, they won’t go to a shelter,” said Mike Murray, director of community outreach for Pet Food Express. “They just feel like there’s bad things happening there.” Read Full Story