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Tractor Supply Donates $200,000 to Animal Rescue Organizations
Eight rescue groups received $25,000 grants as winners of Rescue Your Rescue social media contest BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tractor Supply Company
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nEight rescue groups received $25,000 grants as winners of Rescue Your Rescue social media contest\n\n BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nTractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, today announced the eight winners of its annual Rescue Your Rescue social media contest. Held in partnership with Canidae Premium Pet Food, the contest awarded each winning animal rescue group $25,000, for a $200,000 total donation.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211101005695/en/Farmhouse Animal & Nature Sanctuary in Myakka City, FL is one of Tractor Supply's Grand Prize winners. (Photo: Business Wire)\n“At Tractor Supply, we have a deep passion for all animals, so we love the opportunity to support these groups that share our commitment to providing rescue, care and adoption support for animals in need,” said Nicole Logan, Vice President of Divisional Merchandise Management at Tractor Supply. “During the contest, it is amazing to see how each community rallies around these organizations to help them get some much-needed assistance. It is wonderful to be able to reward and thank these groups for all that they do for pets and animals.”\n\nTractor Supply kicked off the ninth annual Rescue Your Rescue contest during Pet Appreciation Week (PAW) from Sept. 7-12. Customers nominated their favorite animal rescue group, which resulted in more than 23,000 nominations and included humane societies, animal sanctuaries, equine rescues, cat rescues, dog rescues, wildlife sanctuaries and more. Tractor Supply then selected 25 organizations to advance to the voting round, which began on October 11 and ran through October 17.\n\nThe 2021 Rescue Your Rescue Grand Prize winners are:\n\n\n1 Horse at a Time Draft Horse Rescue, Corvallis, MT\n\n\nA Kitty’s Purrsuit of Happiness, Spring Branch, TX\n\n\nFarmhouse Animal & Nature Sanctuary, Myakka City, FL\n\n\nGold Country Wildlife Rescue, Auburn, CA\n\n\nHank’s Hostel Fur Hounds, Belen, NM\n\n\nLast Hope Animal Rescue, Cedar Rapids, IA\n\n\nOinking Acres Farm Rescue & Sanctuary, Brownsburg, IN\n\n\nWild West Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Amarillo, TX\n\n\nThe remaining finalist organizations received Tractor Supply gift cards to purchase equipment and supplies.\n\n“All pets deserve a saf...