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Pet Valu Donates $1.6 million Worth of Premium Dog and Cat Food to Help Canadian Pets and Pet Lovers in Need
Pet Valu Donates $1.6 million Worth of Premium Dog and Cat Food to Help Canadian Pets and Pet Lov...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Pet Valu Donates $1.6 million Worth of Premium Dog and Cat Food to Help Canadian Pets and Pet Lovers in Need\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n 335,000 lbs of donated Performatrin®\n \n \n to be distributed by Ontario SPCA, Food Banks Alberta, BC SPCA, Animal Food Bank and Wild West Animal League\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MARKHAM, ON\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Feb. 2, 2023\n \n \n /CNW/ - Pet Valu, the leading Canadian specialty retailer of pet food and pet-related supplies announced today it is donating\n \n $1.6 million\n \n worth of its premium, proprietary dog and cat food\n \n Performatrin\n \n to help pets and devoted pet lovers in need across\n \n Canada\n \n . The donation, which weighs more than 335,000 lbs and includes more than 33,000 bags of kibble, will be delivered to the Ontario SPCA, Food Banks Alberta, BC SPCA, Animal Food Bank and Wild West Animal League starting this week.\n \n \n \"A food donation of this magnitude has an enormous impact. In addition to ensuring thousands of pets will not go hungry for months to come, we can now re-direct the funds that we'd set aside for food to other areas of need,\" says Jennifer Bluhm, Vice President, Community Outreach Services, Ontario SPCA and Humane Society. \"At a time when the rising cost of living is making it difficult for some pet lovers to feed, and even keep, their pets, this contribution will help ensure pets can stay with the families who love them and enable us to provide better support to the animals in our care.\"\n \n \n With the goal of helping as many pets in need as possible, the pallets  of Performatrin will be shipped from warehouses in\n \n Toronto\n \n ,\n \n Calgary\n \n and\n \n Vancouver\n \n to the Ontario SPCA, Food Banks Alberta, the Animal Food Bank, the BC SPCA, and Wild West Animal League. These organizations will then distribute the food to rescue partners, food banks and communities across\n \n Ontario\n \n and western\n \n Canada\n \n .\n \n \n \"We are v...