Riverside County Department of Animal Services and Petco Love Invite Our Community to Jump into Joy Through Pet Adoption, in Partnership with The Cat in the Hat

Riverside County Department of Animal Services and Petco Love Invite Our Community to Jump into Joy Through Pet Adoption, in Partnership with The Cat in the Hat

RCDAS will have pets available for adoption at Petco La Quinta on November 7^th and 8^th  as part of national pet adoption weekend

WHAT:                RCDAS is inviting local animal lovers to “Jump into Joy” and meet pets looking for loving homes during Petco Love’s national pet adoption weekend on November 7^th and 8^th.

National nonprofit organization Petco Love is partnering with Warner Bros. Pictures Animation as part of this national pet adoption campaign featuring characters from the new full-length animated The Cat in the Hat (in theaters November 6), encouraging people to discover the joy of bringing a pet into their lives through adoption from local shelters and rescues like RCDAS.

RCDAS will have adoptable pets available at Petco La Quinta. All adoption fees are waived and every adoption includes spay/neuter surgery, age-appropriate vaccinations, a microchip and an engraved name tag.

WHO:                  RCDAS and Petco Love are inviting members of our community to meet adoptable pets and learn more about the joys of pet adoption.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to meet amazing pets, each deserving of a loving place to call home,” said RCDAS Director Mary Martin. “We encourage the community to jump into joy by adopting your new best friend.”

"The Cat in the Hat reminds us that even an ordinary day can become something joyful. Adopting a pet brings that same sense of fun and possibility into your life," said Petco Love President Chelsea Staley. "Pets fill our homes with love, laughter, and moments of happiness we never could have imagined."

WHEN:                November 7^th-8^th, 10am-2pm

WHERE:              Petco 78720 CA-111, La Quinta, CA 92253

MORE INFO:       Petco Love has helped find loving homes for more than 7.2 million pets in partnership with Petco and more than 4,000 animal welfare partner organizations nationwide including in Riverside County. Since 1999, Petco Love has also empowered animal welfare organizations by investing more than $442 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts.

Jump into Joy! Adopt Today. Learn more about pet adoption at PetcoLove.org. The national campaign also includes a public service announcement voiced by Actor Bill Hader, star of The Cat in the Hat, only in theaters November 6^th.

CONTACT:          Veronica Perez, Riverside County Department of Animal Services, [email protected] Crystal Bugary, Petco Love, [email protected]

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About RCDAS

The Riverside County Department of Animal Services shelters more than 35,000 animals annually across four locations, making it one of the largest sheltering systems in the country. RCDAS provides adoption, lost pet reunification, pet support services, and public safety programs, all aimed at keeping pets with families and increasing animal lifesaving.

About Petco Love

Petco Love is a life-changing nonprofit organization that makes communities and pet families closer, stronger, and healthier. Since 1999, we’ve empowered more than 4,000 animal welfare partners to drive lifesaving change alongside us – investing more than $442 million in adoption and other lifesaving efforts. We’ve helped find loving homes for more than 7.2 million pets in partnership with Petco and organizations nationwide. Our love for pets drives us to lead with innovation, creating Petco Love Lost to reunite lost pets with their families. Visit Petco Love and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok.  About The Cat in the Hat

Meet the Cat in the Hat you don’t know! In the wonderfully whimsical tradition of Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat comes to the big screen in his animated theatrical feature film debut, an all-new, epic adventure with an edge, where mischief, magic and mayhem reign supreme. Doing what he does best, the Cat—voiced by Bill Hader—spreads joy to kids in his hilarious, signature and singularly irreverent way, transporting them and audiences on a fantastical journey through a world they’ve never seen before. In the film, our hero takes on his toughest assignment yet for the I.I.I.I. (Institute for the Institution of Imagination and Inspiration, LLC): to cheer Gabby and Sebastian, a pair of siblings struggling with their move to a new town. Known for taking things too far, this could be this agent of chaos’s last chance to prove himself...or lose his magical hat! Starring alongside Hader are Matt Berry, Quinta Brunson, Xochitl Gomez, with Giancarlo Esposito, and America Ferrera. Tituss Burgess, Bowen Yang, Paula Pell and Tiago Martinez also star. The Cat in the Hat is directed by Erica Rivinoja and Alessandro Carloni from their own screenplay, screen story by Caroline Williams, based on the book by Dr. Seuss. It is produced by Daniela Mazzucato and Jared Stern. The executive producers are Bill Hader, Susan Brandt, Bill Damaschke, Kelly Marcel and Steve Zissis, Tim Story and Alex Timbers. It is edited by Dan Molina, with music by Lorne Balfe. Warner Bros. Pictures Animation’s first full-length feature film, The Cat in the Hat, comes to theaters and IMAX® across North America on November 6, 2026, and internationally beginning 4 November 2026.  It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.