PETCO Particulars

• PETCO sells more than 40 million fish each year — that’s more than any other retailer in the world.
• PETCO carries more than 2,300 types of fish, coral and other aquatic life.
• At any given time there are at least 100,000 small animals, birds and reptiles in PETCO stores.
• PETCO sells 180 million crickets a year — imagine all that chirping!
• Through our adoption efforts with the PETCO Foundation, we find new homes for more than 200,000 homeless pets every year.
• PETCO is the only pet store to serve all 50 United States. 

Animal Anomalies

• A cat will spend nearly 30% of its life grooming itself.
• Fish are America’s most popular pet, followed by cats and then dogs.
• Iguanas are able to hold their breath for up to 30 minutes.
• More than half of the nation’s pet owners let their pets sleep in their beds.
• Many hamsters blink only one eye at a time.
• A goldfish can live up to 40 years.
• A bird’s heart beats 400 times per minute while they are resting.

Going Green

• Reusable shopping bags are available in all PETCO stores and on PETCO.com
• PETCO Cardboard Pet Carriers are produced using post consumer, recycled paper materials.
• After opening a new distribution center in Braselton, Ga. during 2008, PETCO drivers traveled 900,000 less miles, saving 135,000 gallons of diesel fuel.
• PETCO shopping bags are produced using recycled materials.
• PETCO gift cards are 100 percent recyclable and produced using recycled material.
• PETCO participates in the Verizon cellular phone recycling program ensuring that all used company cell phones are recycled.