I bet they do. Our local shelter used to be an old house. Then they suddenly had money to build an actual building, and expanded several times in the last 15 or so years. They also use SD, to the best of my knowledge, because they send every animals home with a small bag of it, and a coupon. I wonder if SD donates it, or sells it to them at cost (which is pretty cheap, from what I hear from my Canadian vet tech friend)…? And then how does a struggling no-kill, open admission shelter suddenly have the money to improve their facilities? They’ve gotta be getting help from somewhere.
Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s great that a big company is willing to help shelters so many ways. But why would some shelters then refuse to take certain foods? I’m sure they can find use for “non-approved” brands! If the community is willing to help them out, they should be turing around and and helping the community. At least set up a pet food pantry, or something. When so many people are giving their animals up because they can’t afford to care for them, any food is better than no food!
