This is for real
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- May
- 7
I got not one, but two press releases about this. Here you go:
PETCO today began shipping donations of pet fur from its grooming salons to aid in creating absorbent booms to soak up and remove oil from Gulf of Mexico waters.
The company has engaged its nationwide network of grooming salons in this effort, and is coordinating with Matter of Trust, a San Francisco nonprofit organization that has established a process for donating animal fur and human hair to create the booms. Animal fur and human hair naturally absorb oil from the water.
Once fur shipments arrive in the Gulf Coast region, volunteers gather to assemble the booms and prepare for their deployment. The booms are made by stuffing donated nylon stockings with hair and fur.
“As soon as we heard about the call for pet fur to help with oil cleanup, we knew we were in a unique position to help,” PETCO CEO Jim Myers said. “With customers coming into our grooming salons every day throughout the country, we have a tremendous amount of material to contribute. This is a wonderful way for PETCO, our foundation and our customers to help protect the environment and the aquatic and bird life now at risk in the Gulf area. Everyone in the company, especially our grooming team, is excited to provide this unique assistance, and our customers are asking about it, too.”
With nearly 1,000 grooming salons pitching in, PETCO expects to be able to ship up to a ton of donated fur per day and hopes to reach 5 tons through Mother’s Day weekend.
The company encourages pet parents who want to participate to visit their local PETCO grooming salon for any grooming service that includes a fur trim and help boost fur collections.
The PETCO Foundation is also involved in this activity by providing assistance transporting donated fur to the Gulf region.
To find a PETCO store and grooming salon near you, visit
www.PETCO.com/locator.
And this:
Camp Bow Wow, the nation’s largest pet services company is offering a unique way to help out. The company has reached out to all of its franchisees (200+ throughout the US and Canada), asking them to collect dog hair and fur after a pet’s grooming, which will then be used to create oil booms to help ameliorate the disaster.
Franchisees will be donating any type of fur, hair, feathers, natural fibers and used nylons to create oil booms, which will help soak up oil from the spill in the Gulf. These fur oil booms are then used to contain the spill. Matter of Trust, a 501©3 non-profit, is coordinating this effort nationwide by sending all fur/hair to the region. As a leader in the pet services industry, Camp Bow Wow is helping to bring this effort to light and raise awareness for the ways in which companies can help out on the local and national level.
Individual franchises throughout the US will be aiding in collecting hair / fur / fibers from their neighborhoods and bringing awareness to this cause by putting up flyers, info on their websites, etc.
“As there are growing concerns that the oil spill in the Gulf may now eclipse the Exxon Valdez spill, we want to do our part in helping with the cleanup. Pet hair is an absorbent and can be used to create oil absorbing mats. By collecting pet hair after grooming at our franchise locations, we will be able to use our resources to aid in the effort,” noted Heidi Ganahl, CEO and Founder of Camp Bow Wow.
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Mama, Thanks for clarifying, and for all your help!
Figured you’d get a kick out of “neurotic”
You’re quite welcome. And I did!
Oh good! Thanks for posting this. I’m boycotting petsmart and the local store is too expensive for me. Petco’s on the other side of town, so it’s a bit of a shlep, but I guess it’s worth it.
why are you boycotting petsmart? If I actually collect all the cat hair in their beds and on my furniture, I could probably save the Gulf….
There’s been a call for a boycott of Arizona-based companies in response to the anti-immigrant bill. Dubinsky and Gomez support the boycott, too.
Ugh speaking of cat hair… I really should be cleaning my apt right now.
Ahhhh. Didn’t know they were based there. I’m a Petco girl anyway, though I’m ticked they no longer carry Tidy Cat litter bags. So I have to make a special trip to Target and buy out what they have. I’m good now through about April 2011
There aren’t any petco’s nearby, but I guess I’ll make a trip up there soon.
I use Dr Elsey’s Precious Cat Litter and I’m pretty happy with it. It could manage odor and clump a little better, but for a litter that’s safe it’s got the best price.
I like that petsmart has rescued animals up for adoption, but sometimes it’s hard for me to not take all the kitties home with me.
I never go on adoption days. it just kills me….
we got Dixie Avery Shaffer (hehehe) from PetSmart. on the weekends they have all kinds of dogs outside to either foster or adopt, and all the cats inside. Sometimes i wish i had a farm.
I don’t use either Petco or Petsmart. Used to bring my dogs to Petsmart for haircut. They keep them crated for 4-5 hours. Forget it! I cut their hair myself(don’t ask). I like puppy cuts anyway. Took some time, but I think I can open a pet salon now lol. And I order online from JBPet. Family owned business that does a fair amount of charitable work.
Nice cat name, Linda!
I always wish I had a farm…for animals. and someone to take care of the farm