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         Hill’s Pet Nutrition                                                Pet King Brands Sponsors
         and Skylar Astin                                                    Medical Costs for Abused
         Team up to Raise                                                    Dog
         Funds for Shelter Pets
                                                                             Pet King Brands Inc. and Trapping,
                                                                             Rescue and Pet Recovery Service
             ill’s Pet Nutrition, a Topeka, Kan.-                            (T.R.A.P.R.S) are helping an abused
         Hbased manufacturer of premium                                      dog in Austin, Texas, get a new
         pet nutrition, partnered with actor,                                ‘leash’ on life. The Austin-based pet
         singer and animal lover, Skylar                                     health products company and rescue
         Astin to support NBCUniversal                                       group are working on a campaign
         Owned Television Stations’ (NBC and   children’s e-book created by Hill’s   to rehabilitate the rescued dog, now

         Telemundo owned stations) ‘Clear   that follows the transformative   named Penny,  find a forever home.
         the Shelters’ pet adoption campaign.   journey of a shelter pup, Hilly. The   Pet King Brands is paying for the
         To celebrate the month-long event,   live reading took place on Instagram   medical costs.
         Skylar held a virtual reading of   and aimed to raise $10,000 to support
         ‘A Home for Hilly’, an illustrated   shelter pets across the U.S.   Penny, a name given to the mastiff
                                                                             mix because of her copper colouring,
                                                                             was found underweight and badly
                                                                             injured in a local park. Her injuries
         Retail Display Now                TEEF! Now Available               required surgery to repair damage
                                                                             due to suspected blunt force trauma
         Available for Teddy               to Pet Palette Partner            and being sprayed with buckshot.
         the Dog’s Face Mask               Independent Retailers
         Collection                                                          More about Penny can be found on
                                                                             T.R.A.P.R.S. Facebook page.
                                              rimal Health LLC’s companion
            eddy, the Dog Apparel, has  Panimal dental care product line,
         Treleased a retail display option   TEEF!, is now available to all 4,000 Pet
         for its collection of face masks and   Palette partner independent retailers.   tin42, is powered by science that’s
         headbands. The collection, which   Pet Palette is a national distributor of   been clinically proven to stop
         was launched                      pet products in Sykesville, Md.   bacteria from causing dental disease
         back in March                                                       in both humans and dogs. The water
         as a response                     According to the offi cials,  TEEF!’s   additive uses 100 percent human-
         to the COVID-19                   patented prebiotic formula, Protek-  grade ingredients.
         pandemic,
         is   described
         by   company
         offi cials   as                    Royal Canin Partners with PetSmart, Chewy and
         fun,  colourful                   Others for ‘Take Your Cat to the Vet’ Campaign
         masks,    and
         headbands that will keep people   In order to improve healthcare for cats in the United States, Royal Canin, a
         stylish and safe. The full retail   St. Charles Mo.-based manufacturer of cat and dog food, launched its annual
         display is $420. It comes with 21   ‘Take Your Cat to the Vet’ (#Cat2Vet) campaign. In partnership with PetSmart,
         different item slots, four of each item,   Chewy and Banfield Pet Hospital and celebrity advocates, the campaign aimed

         and it comes with a free cardboard   at encouraging pet owners to schedule regular veterinary checkups for their
         floor display with a header sign. The   feline companions. The #Cat2Vet campaign motivates cat owners to not only

         dimensions are 15 in. wide by 18 in.   schedule regular veterinary visits, but to continuously educate themselves on
         deep by 65 in. high.              cat health and nutrition.

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