National nonprofit awards $20,000 grant to Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin

JANESVILLE — The Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin is receiving a $20,000 grant from national nonprofit Petco Love, to support its work for animals.

The award “means that we will not only be able to continue helping pets go home, but we will also be able to help pets stay home. This investment will allow us to be proactive rather than reactive to pet-related concerns in our community,” Business Development Director Kaitie Swedlund said in a release.

Since 1999, Petco Love has invested $375 million in pet adoption and lifesaving efforts. Petco Love helps find homes for pets through partnership with Petco and over 4,000 organizations — like the humane society. In all, 6.75 million pets have been adopted.

“Our investment in the Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin is part of more than $15 million 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,” Petco Love President Susanne Kogut said.

Other Petco Love investments have included Petco Love Lost, a national lost and found database that uses patented image-recognition technology to simplify the search for lost pets, the release said.

For more information about the Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin, visit petsgohome.org. Learn more about Petco Love at petcolove.org.