Zootoo Partnering with Petco
Zootoo.com - the leading social "pet-working" and news site for pet lovers - announced that it is hosting the Petco Foundation's 2009 Calendar Pet Photo Contest. Using Zootoo.com's easy-to-use photo uploading and display technology, entrants can submit their pets' photos for a chance to be featured in the 2009 Petco Foundation calendar. Twelve finalists - one for each month of the year - will be awarded a bundle of goodies: US$100 in pet supplies, a US$50 PETCO.com gift certificate, five 2009 PETCO Foundation calendars featuring their "star" and unlimited bragging rights for the year!
Sales of the annual calendar help the Petco Foundation support thousands of local animal welfare groups across the country. To enter, pet lovers go to www.zootoo.com/petphotocontests and click on Petco Foundation Pet Photo Contest. Photos can be uploaded in minutes with easy-to-follow instructions. Winners will be announced in September.
"We are delighted that the Petco Foundation has chosen Zootoo.com to host the 2009 Petco Foundation Calendar contest," said Richard Thompson, Zootoo.com founder. "Our technology is outstanding, and our community is passionate about helping pets. It's a perfect marriage, and we look forward to helping the Petco Foundation in other ways in the future." Thompson also noted that, "We are being approached by many companies, large and small, to host pet photo contests. We just launched a pet photo contest with a national radio network that's designed to complement a national reality television show about pets. The technology of our Photo Contests feature is unmatched on the Web."
New Pet Treats are Human-like...AND Functional!
Looks pretty interesting; this is a trend I think is going to continue (the whole humanization of pets and the creation of 'pet treats' that could pass for human treats).
SPF North America Opens New Pet Food Production Facility
SPF North America, a supplier of palatability solutions to the international pet food industry, has recently extended its industrial network. The company's newest campus, located in Greenwood, South Carolina, USA, includes an efficient palatability enhancer pet food manufacturing facility equipped with liquid production technologies and advanced drying processes, including microgranulation technology.
The campus will also soon house the North American division of the company's research center with an increased staff of scientists and a Panelis palatability test center. The green facility was built to or above USDA-APHIS regulations, and was designed to help preserve and respect the natural environment, according to SPF. The SPF North America headquarters and production facility is located at 5300 Highway 25 N, Hodges, SC, USA 29653.