Page 11 - PET worldwide issue 05/2022
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More than 600 dogs at Tiendanimal Number of households with
pets increases
At the end of the seventh edition of dreds of dogs who, due to var-
the Malaga Dog Party, more than ious circumstances, do not have Nearly every other household study, whereas only 17 per cent
600 dogs came together for a soli- a family of their own. Animal wel- in Austria now has at least one of households keep a dog.
darity race that went through the fare is part of Tiendanimal’s DNA,” pet, usually a cat, according to
main streets of Malaga. The event emphasised Manuel Calvo, who the latest survey by the Austrian
was organised by the Spanish pet is responsible for organising the Pet Food Association (ÖHTV) of
store chain Tiendanimal and the dog party in Malaga on behalf of the pet population in the country.
organisation Maratondog. Tiend- Tiendanimal.
animal donated one kilo of food The Malaga Dog Party took place Advertisement
for each dog participating to the in collaboration with Royal Canin
animal welfare organisations it also, which set up a tent where all AYoguorodanteimamal-afnordaulsi!fetime.
regularly works with. the dogs could have their health
“Thanks to this dog festival, we checked by a vet from Clinican- The survey was conducted
were once again able to help hun- imal, Tiendanimal’s clinic. by the market research com-
pany GfK on behalf of the ÖHTV,
the malaga dog party animal commitment awards also recognised the work which represents the leading pet the austrian pet food association
of individuals and institutions for animal welfare and environmental protection. supplies companies in Austria. presents the latest study of the
The study generally shows that pet population. In the picture
since 2019, the number of Aus- (from left): president hermann
trian households with pets has habe, vice-president anita pachatz
increased by five per cent to 1.8 and managing director bernd
mio. Most of these are located in berghofer.
the east of the country.
28 per cent of Austrian house-
holds have cats, according to the
Purina completes US factory expansion
Purina has completed a 156- brands, with room to grow. The nearly 100 new jobs have been created in clinton as well as increasing
mio-dollar expansion at the company is also investing in the production for purina’s trusted pet care brands.
company’s local factory in Clin- future of its employees: the new
ton, Iowa (USA). The project ex- technical training centre in Clinton
pands capacity and production supports Purina’s investment in
capabilities for Purina’s pet care digital tools and technology to
brands and adds a technical enhance collaboration and in-
training centre. The expansion novation in manufacturing. The
will create 96 new positions at Technical Training Centre will be
the factory, which now employs the hub for employee onboarding
approximately 570 people. and incorporate both structured
and self-driven training with digi-
Purina purchased a building tal tools and replicas of produc-
adjacent to the factory that has tion equipment for employees to
been retrofitted for the packaging practise on.
and storage of two unique Purina
