World For All, Pedigree and METRO Cash & Carry join hands for Pet Adoption drive in Mumbai

by Suman Gupta

Mumbai: Driven by a mission to provide a home to homeless stray animals and drive responsible pet ownership, World For All along with Pedigree (the leading pet food brand of Mars India ) and METRO Cash & Carry launched a two  day  ‘Pet Adoption ’ in Mumbai  on 20^th and 21^st July  2019 .

The Pet adoption drive was conducted at METRO Cash & Carry, Borivali and was attended by Mr Taronish Bulsara, Co founder & President,  World For All Animal Care And Adoptions and Mr. Nitin Kulkarni, Director- Corporate Affairs Mars India. The Pet adoption drive received stupendous response from pet lovers and potential pet parents.

World For All  has been actively promoting adoption program for the past few years. The adoption drive will further help create awareness on pets besides inform, educate and interact with potential pet parents who are keen to adopt Indian dogs as pets.. Taronish Bulsara, Co founder & President, World For All Animal Care And Adoptions  says, “ Adoption of rescued animals is the way forward to building a society where humans and animals co-exist respectfully. If we each adopt in 1 community animals than the roads will be free from road kills. Studies also show that a child that grows up with pets develops a sense of responsibility and confidence thus having a positive impact on their personality. Growing up with pets also means that you will have stronger immunity when compared to a non-pet parent. Dogs and cats are also known to be therapeutic in the sense that having them around controls blood pressure, lowers the risk of depression and helps a person to cope up with the hectic and pressurizing lifestyle that we all are living in.

Our mission is for people to be more aware about the benefits of adoption and also educate them on the right practices that will nature their relationship with their pets. All the puppies and cats adopted from us have had such a positive impact on their new family and we only see the bound get closer. Come and meet out team and get to know more about these puppy faces. We would like to appreciate Pedigree and Metro from teaming up to support such a big cause. Such brands are examples

Congratulating the drive, Mr. Nitin Kulkarni, Director- Corporate Affairs Mars India says “Pedigree is delighted to partner with World for all to adopt in their efforts to provide forever families to the homeless dogs. World For All  has extended help to over 150 and counting sick and injured animals and birds till date. We at Mars believe that “Pets make the world better” and our goal is to make the “World better for Pets”. The pet adoption at Mumbai  is one such significant step in our efforts to encourage people to adopt Indian dogs and provide them loving homes. It is a perfect demonstration of putting our Principles into Action, and we are committed to support World For All  and such organizations to help drive adoption. We are pleased in looking forward to such associations in future as well.”

“Adopting and looking after a pet is a huge commitment. We are delighted to be associated with ‘World For All  and Pedigree in their efforts to provide a loving and caring home to many homeless stray animals, and educating adopters to be more responsible. There are several roadside stray animals living in appalling conditions subject to starvation and dehydration. Only a handful of them get saved by the animal rescuers while the rest are largely ignored. As an organization, we believe in an inclusive society, and encourage more and more pet lovers to join this movement and be a part of this adoption drive.”-  Spokesperson , METRO Cash & Carry.

About World For all: World For All is a registered organization [Reg.no: E-2754(M) which was founded in 2009, keeping in mind the limitations and challenges faced by our current system, specifically with a focus on stray animal adoptions. Since its inception, WFA has organized over 7,500 stray animal adoptions, attended to over 12,000 emergency scenarios, have carried out more than 8,500 sterilizations of canines and felines and have instilled a sense of compassion for 4,200 children through our Teach Co Exist program.

About Pedigree: The Pedigree brand is a globally established pet care brand, manufactured and marketed in India as Mars International India Pvt. Ltd (MIIPL) a fully owned subsidiary of Mars Inc.  Mars Inc. is the leading manufacturer of pet food, pet care, snack food, and food products. The company is present in over 80 countries through a popular rang of brands like Pedigree, Whiskas, Mars, Snickers and M&M’s, Wrigley’s to name a few. Mars entered the pet food market in India in 2001, starting from importing pet food from other countries. However, soon it established their own manufacturing unit and started manufacturing Pedigree products in India in 2002-03. Pedigree plant is located at Wargal village, 53 Kms. from Hyderabad in Telangana District. Spread across -26 acres, the plant is operating at 90% capacity utilization. Pedigree distribution network is spread over 150 towns and 30000 plus outlets in India.

About METRO Cash & Carry: METRO Cash & Carry operates in 25 countries over 750 wholesale markets with about 108,000 employees worldwide. In financial year 2016/17 it generated sales of about €30 billion. METRO Cash & Carry is the wholesale division of METRO, a leading international specialist in wholesale and food retail. The company METRO operates in 35 countries and employs more than 150,000 people worldwide. In financial year 2016/17, METRO generated sales of around €37 billion. The company provides custom solutions to meet the regional and international needs of its wholesale and retail customers. METRO Cash & Carry entered the Indian market in 2003. The company currently operates twenty-seven wholesale distribution centers under the brand METRO Wholesale including six in Bangalore, four in Hyderabad, two each in Mumbai and Delhi, and one each in Kolkata, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Zirakpur, Amritsar, Vijayawada, Ahmedabad, Surat, Indore, Lucknow, Meerut Nasik and Gaziabad.  For further information, log on to http://www.metro.co.in