Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation & Tractor Supply Co. Donate To Animal Shelters

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Miranda Lambert With Rescue Dogs Delta and Cher. Photo: Jamie Wright

Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation and Tractor Supply Company have joined forces for the third consecutive year to donate more than $250,000 to animal shelters across the nation.

Through MuttNation’s Mutts Across America program, one outstanding shelter or foster-based rescue in every state and a “Wildcard” pick are being honored with a surprise $5,000 grant. New Leash On Life in Tennessee received a grant this year, and Bonaparte’s Retreat Dog Rescue in Tennessee was this year’s Wildcard selection.

“Mutts Across America is MuttNation’s cornerstone—it was our first signature program,” says Lambert. “These grants give us the chance to show our appreciation and spotlight shelters across the country for their hard work, year-round, to improve the lives of shelter pets. We’re so proud to partner with Tractor Supply on this and other programs, allowing us to elevate our goals and increase the number of animals’ lives we can change.”

“Finding deserving shelters and rescue groups across the country is easy,” adds Bev Lambert, Miranda’s mother and co-founder of MuttNation, who also conceived Mutts Across America. “It’s narrowing it down to just one in each state that’s really tough.”

Since the initiative’s founding nine years ago, Mutts Across America has supported more than 450 shelters with over $1.75 million in grants. Tractor Supply began partnering with MuttNation in 2021. Each year, MuttNation researches and carefully selects the organizations that will be honored with the annual grants and this year is specifically recognizing some of the outstanding shelters that help seniors, special needs dogs, large dogs and pit mixes; the “Love Harder” dogs that are easy to love but hardest to get adopted. There is no application process for Mutts Across America, and the recipients are given no advance notice before receiving the award.

“Shelter pets have our hearts at Tractor Supply,” states Kimberley Gardiner, Chief Marketing Officer at Tractor Supply. “Miranda’s passion for this cause and the work she has done through MuttNation truly inspire us and supporting their work is a privilege and joy. These shelters are saving the lives of animals and pets and providing the care they need as they wait for their future owners.”

In addition to the Mutts Across America partnership, MuttNation and Tractor Supply started the Relief For Rescues Fund earlier this year to help shelters and shelter pets recover from natural disasters. To date, the fund has generated over $357,000 to support shelter animals affected by disasters such as floods, fires, hurricanes and tornadoes, with funding already dispersed to organizations responding to shelter pets impacted by severe flooding in California’s Central Valley, a violent EF4 tornado in Mississippi and more.

Tractor Supply is the exclusive retailer of MuttNation pet products, with a percentage of all sales going to the MuttNation Foundation to promote and facilitate its mission.

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