PetSmart, Inc. is the largest specialty pet retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets. At PetSmart, we love pets, and we believe pets make us better people. Every day with every connection, PetSmartÍs passionate associates help bring pet parents closer to their pets so they can live more fulfilled lives. This vision impacts everything we do for our customers, the way we support our associates, and how we give back to our communities. We employ approximately 55,000 associates, operate approximately 1,500 pet stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico and approximately 204 in-store PetSmart¬ PetsHotel¬ dog and cat boarding facilities. PetSmart provides a broad range of competitively priced pet food and pet products and offers dog training, pet grooming, pet boarding, PetSmart Doggie Day Camp day care services and pet adoption services in-store. Our portfolio of digital resources for pet parents _ including PetSmart.com, PetFoodDirect.com, Pet360.com, OnlyNaturalPet.com and petMD.com _ offers the most comprehensive online pet supplies and pet care information in the U.S. Expert veterinarian care is available in many of our stores, where Banfield Pet Hospital¬, operates full-service pet hospitals. These in-store pet hospitals operate independently of PetSmart and employ veterinarians who provide a full range of health care and emergency services. Through our in-store pet adoption partnership with independent nonprofit organizations, PetSmart Charities¬ and PetSmart Charities» of Canada, PetSmart helps to save the lives of more than 500,000 homeless pets each year.