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When the Unthinkable Happens “Petco Love Lost” Database Uses Breakthrough Image Recognition Technology to Find Missing Cats and Dogs in Thurston County, WA.
Joint Animal Services is proudly joining forces with Petco Love, a national non-profit organization working to lead and inspire change for pets – and animal welfare organizations across the country, on a shared mission to help reunite lost pets with their families should they ever go missing, though Petco Love Lost. Sadly, according to industry statistics, one in every three pets will go missing in their lifetime.
Petco Love Lost is a free, searchable national database that uses patented image recognition technology to make finding lost pets quicker and easier, as well as reuniting found pets in communities across the country. This simple-to-use tool is easily accessible to participating animal organizations nationwide, as well as any pet parent or person who finds a lost pet. Uploaded photos of a missing dog or cat are immediately scanned to determine whether the lost pet is at a participating shelter or with a neighbor in the community.
“We work tirelessly for pets in our care, and that includes helping lost pets get home and back to their families where they belong,” said Sarah Hock, executive director for Joint Animal Services. “There’s nothing more rewarding than reuniting families with their beloved pets and with Petco Love Lost, we’re confident it can lead to many more happy reunions, right here in Thurston County.”
“We know that one in three pets goes missing in their lifetime, an estimated 10 million pets each year, and we’re not ok with that,” said Petco Love President Susanne Kogut. “That gives us 10 million reasons why we created Petco Love Lost, because we believe nothing is more important than keeping people and pets together for a lifetime of love. Together with Joint Animal Services, our goal is to Unite to Reunite and keep pets where they belong – at home, with you.”
To learn more about Joint Animal Services, visit https://jointanimalservices.org/ and follow on Facebook and Instagram. If you’ve lost or found a pet, Petco Love Lost is here to help get them home. Visit petcolovelost.org or join the conversation @PetcoLoveLost on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
About Joint Animal Services
Animal Services serves 303,976 residents in 774 square miles of urban and rural terrain in Thurston County, WA. We operate as a municipal shelter and collaborate with various rescues and other shelters to help find new families for our community’s homeless pets. Additionally, we act as a resource center for animal behavior and health issues, humane education, and providing grants to assist with pets’ medical expenses. Established in 1977, we are funded by the cities of Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater, and unincorporated Thurston County. Our operations are based in an 8,000 sq. ft. facility located centrally for the pets and people we serve.
About Petco Love
Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since our founding in 1999 as the Petco Foundation, we’ve empowered animal welfare organizations by investing $380 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 6.8 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide. Our love for pets drives us to lead with innovation, creating tools animal lovers need to reunite lost pets, and lead with passion, inspiring and mobilizing communities and our more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change alongside us. Is love calling you? Join us. Visit PetcoLove.org or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads, and LinkedIn to be part of the lifesaving work we lead every day.
