Events and News

Read about the latest PetSmart Charities® and PetSmart Charities of Canada events and news.

How to Help

We have many ways for you to help us to save the lives of homeless pets. From supporting promotions to simply sending a free e-card to a friend that also informs them about the work of PetSmart Charities. Learn about all of the ways you can make difference.

Adoptions

Our Adoption Program offers animal-welfare organizations the chance to showcase adoptable pets in PetSmart® stores throughout Canada.

As an Adoption Partner, you receive these benefits:

• Your adoptable pets are seen by thousands of PetSmart® customers.
• Your agency receives Adoption Reward funding for each pet adopted through the PetSmart Charities Adoption Center, which help to offset your expenses.

Spay/Neuter

We partner with animal-welfare organizations in Canada to support their efforts to end homeless-pet overpopulation. Although adoptions are a critical part of the solution, this problem cannot be solved by adoptions alone. Addressing the root cause of too many unwanted pets will require systemic change. Spay and neuter saves lives. It's that simple. Learn more about our spay/neuter initiatives.

Emergency Relief

PetSmart Charities provides emergency relief funding and supplies to nonprofit, law-enforcement or governmental agencies to assist pets in three different types of situations:

• Large-scale disasters (e.g. hurricanes, fire and other natural catastrophes)
• Multiple animal rescue, man-made disasters
• One-animal victim of abuse/violence

Please note: We do not provide emergency relief assistance to individuals.

Grants

We have grant funding available each year for organizations across Canada:

• Nonprofit animal-welfare agencies
• Municipal animal care and control agencies
• First Nations authorities 

Our current grant programs focus on spay/neuter efforts. It is not necessary for your agency to be a PetSmart Charities Adoption Partner to be considered for funding.

Resources

We offer free webinars that are recorded and archived for viewing at any time. These webinars include the latest information about “best practices” in animal welfare and expert advice from organizations throughout North America.

We also offer conference sponsorships to help organizers present national, regional or provincial training conferences for the animal-welfare field.