350 000 pets placed since 1998

Petland released the latest survey results from the Adopt-A-Pet program, a community service initiative to help place abandoned or unwanted pets in local communities. “Since 1998, Petland has found homes for approximately 350 000 unwanted or abandoned pets in their communities,” said Joe Watson, President and CEO of Petland, Inc.Companywide, participating Petland stores have placed more than 80 000 homeless puppies and dogs and 249 000 homeless kittens and cats since 1998. Although Petland stores have always accepted other pets like small animals and reptiles, that particular data has only been recorded since 2010. Since 2010, more than 21 000 large birds, reptiles and litters of small animals were accepted into the Adopt-A-Pet program nationwide.