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We partner with local rescues and shelters across North America to help create families through pet adoption.

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Start your adoption journey online. We work with local rescues and shelters across the country to help you find adoptable pets in your area.

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In-Store Adoptions

PetSmart generously donates space in their stores to help adoptable pets find homes. With their help, every 38 seconds a PetSmart store is open a pet is adopted.

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400,000+ pets are adopted each year thanks to over 2,500 adoption partners across North America.

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Change a life. Adopt a Pet.

Together, we've helped save more than 11 million pets through adoption. Join us to help pets in need during PetSmart Charities National Adoption Week events at your local PetSmart store.

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Meet Sammy, our…

Jon visited a PetSmart Adoption event hoping to adopt another Chihuahua after the passing of his beloved pet. But when he met Sammy, a…

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Unconditional…

Meet Scout and her touching story. Scout was found on the side of the road paralyzed from the waist down. She was rushed to receive…

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Gatsby the Great…

Even in a room filled with irresistibly adorable puppies and dogs, pet adoption was the furthest thing from Heidi's mind.  As the…

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Creating families through our…

Helping 400,000+ pets find homes through in-store adoptions at PetSmart
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How One Rescue Pup Made a…

Read how Lenox became the official first child of the Francis family.
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Changing Lives Through Access…

The first recipient of our Steve Marton Veterinary Scholarship
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Keeping Families Together

Taking better care of pets builds healthier communities.
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Maze’s Journey Home

An adorable kitten with special needs finds the loving home she deserves.
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