National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in Asavet Veterinary Charities to Help Increase Access to Veterinary Care for Pets in Southern Arizona
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Contact: Maria Keegan, Asavet Veterinary Charities, (520) 889-9643, info@asavetcharities.org
Crystal Bugary, Petco Love, media@petcolove.org
National Nonprofit Petco Love Invests in Asavet Veterinary Charities to Help
Increase Access to Veterinary Care for Pets in Southern Arizona
Tucson, AZ (September 23, 2025) – Asavet Veterinary Charities is set to receive a $5,000 grant
investment from national nonprofit Petco Love in support of their lifesaving work for pets in Southern
Arizona.
Petco Love is a national nonprofit leading change for pets by harnessing the power of love to make
communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since its founding in 1999, Petco Love has
invested nearly $425 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. And Petco Love helps find loving
homes for pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 organizations — like ours — across North
America, with more than 7 million pets adopted and counting.
The investment in Asavet Veterinary Charities is part of $1.5M in grants recently announced by Petco
Love for more than 170 spay/neuter clinics and other low-cost veterinary care providers to help increase
access to veterinary care for pets in their communities. The lifesaving investments are also being
granted to reduce economic euthanasia, and the surrender of pets to shelters when families are not
able to afford needed veterinary treatment.
“Petco Love knows pets are family and we strive to take care of them the best we can, though the reality
is not everyone has equal access to veterinary care as many pet parents face difficult financial times,”
said Susanne Kogut, President of Petco Love. “That’s why we are proud to support our partner animal
welfare organizations in providing helpful services in their communities, so we can keep pets and their
families together.”
“Asavet’s mission has always been to promote affordable and accessible veterinary care to our
community and the surrounding areas. We hope to assist in what I believe is the goal of everyone
involved in animal welfare- to end pet homelessness. We believe that this $5,000 investment will aid in
our efforts, and with this partnership with Petco Love, we can continue to offer Trap-Neuter-Return for
community cats in our area. I know how grateful Asavet and our community are to Petco
Love,” said Maria Keegan, Chief Operating Officer and Manager of Asavet Veterinary Charities.
As part of Petco Love’s mission to make pet families healthier and increase access to veterinary care,
through its Vaccinated and Loved campaign, Petco Love reached its goal of distributing three million free
pet vaccines for family pets in November 2024! The campaign was launched in August 2021,
encouraging Petco Love animal welfare partners to host free vaccine clinics.
Asavet Veterinary Charities is a nonprofit organization that has a goal of promoting affordable veterinary
care for all people and their pets. While we have a home base in Tucson, we will respond to requests
from other communities in Southern Arizona, based on need and access to veterinary care. Since 2016,
Asavet Veterinary Charities has been able to spay/neuter over 34,000 dogs and cats.
For more information about Asavet Veterinary Charities, please visit santacruzpet.com/asavet/.
Learn more about Petco Love here: petcolove.org.
About Asavet Veterinary Charities
Asavet Veterinary Charities is a 501(c)(3) (tax-exempt) non-profit organization created in Arizona in 2014
to help animals and their owners. Asavet Charities is the non-profit of Dr. Karter Neal and Santa Cruz
Vet Clinic. Dr. Neal’s reputation for high-volume spay/neuter excellence is known throughout the world.
By donating to Asavet Charities, you are supporting efforts to provide top-quality veterinary care to
animals − not just in Tucson and Pima County − but to needy animals far beyond. The Asavet Mobile
Clinic offers services to communities throughout Southern Arizona. Through grants, donations, and the
support of rescue groups, Asavet Veterinary Charities offers low-cost and no-cost surgeries for
companion animals to keep them healthy and their people happy. Asavet’s mission is to offer affordable
veterinary care for all people and their pets. While we have a home base in Tucson, we will respond to
requests from other communities in Southern Arizona, based on need and access to veterinary care.
Since 2016, Asavet Veterinary Charities has been able to spay/neuter over 34,000 dogs and cats.
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, we’ve empowered animal welfare organizations by
investing nearly $425 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes
for more than 7 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.