Each March, creatives, techies, media and more descend on Austin, Texas for the annual SXSW Interactive conference. This year, Animal Planet was front and center for much of the action, celebrating the network’s superfans, working to place shelter animals in forever homes and breaking some big news about a one Lil BUB. On Saturday, Animal Planet teamed up with the ASPCA to host a Road to the Puppy Bowl adoption…
Tag: Pet Adoption
Animal Planet’s 2015 ‘Road to the Puppy Bowl’ Promotes Pet Adoptions Across the Country
Fans of Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl know the annual sporting event for its clumsy, energetic puppies who jump, run and flop around until they pass out from exhaustion. But there’s another part of Puppy Bowl that happens off the turf: to help the joy animals bring us all materialize into forever homes, Animal Planet harnesses the excitement shared by Puppy Bowl fans year round and brings that energy to animal…
Animal Planet’s R.O.A.R. Hosts Adopt-a-Palooza II
Some of the best things in life – dogs, cats, Halloween and sweet treats – will all converge tomorrow from 4 to 6pm in Downtown Silver Spring for Animal Planet’s second annual Adopt-A-Palooza. A collaboration between Animal Planet’s R.O.A.R., dedicated to improving the lives of animals, and Downtown Silver Spring, the event aims to find new homes for pets by bringing together animal lovers and adoptable cats and dogs from seven…
Animal Planet L!VE Makes On-Air Debut in Saturday’s ‘Too Cute!’
How do you make Animal Planet’s Too Cute! even cuter? Try adding adoptable kittens LIVE from Washington Animal Rescue League during the show. This Saturday at 9pm ET, fans of paws and purrs will be in for a treat as the Animal Planet team interrupts your regularly scheduled programming several times to see what the Kitten Cam stars from Animal Planet L!VE are up to. Will they be playful sliding…
Think You Have the Luckiest Pet? Tell Us About It!
Working with Petfinder can be bittersweet- while it’s always terrible to think about the amazing pets waiting to find their fur-ever homes, it’s equally moving to hear stories of lucky pets who are rescued from terrible conditions only to become a loved and treasured member of a family. Do you have one of these lucky pets? Petfinder wants to hear about it! We are searching for the Luckiest Pet of 2013, so…
Buddy Valastro Has the Perfect Recipe for Celebrating 20 Million Petfinder Adoptions
TLC‘s Buddy Valastro and his team at Carlo’s Bakery are masters at bringing confection magic to celebrations, so it was only natural that when Petfinder (also a part of the Discovery Communications family) was looking to celebrate enabling 20 million pet adoptions that the Cake Boss crew would have a paw (errr, hand) in it! Tonight’s premiere of Cake Boss (at 10:30pm ET/PT) shows the creation of a purr-fect cake…
Find Pet-Friendly Products & Services with the Help of the ‘Petfinder Seal of Approval’
Perform a Google search or stroll the isles of your local stores, and it’s clear that there’s a multitude of choices out there for pet parents — from pet care products and toys to important services. Americans spent more than $50 billion on their pets in 2011 and now Petfinder, the online leader in responsible pet ownership, is ready to help owners make responsible decisions about products, services, brands and…
Adoptable Pets Invade Discovery Headquarters on Thursday; Expected to Disarm All With Cuteness
Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month continues here at One Discovery Place, as we gear up for Thursday’s R.O.A.R. event, Adopt-A- Palooza, with the Animal Planet and Petfinder teams. More than 30 adorable, adoptable cats and dogs will be here at the Discovery Communications’ Sensory Garden in Downtown Silver Spring, hoping to find their fur-ever home. The event is open to the public so, if you or someone you know is looking to adopt a…
‘Pit Bulls & Parolees’ Relocates to New Orleans
As we continue to celebrate Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month here at Discovery, it only seems fitting that this Saturday marks the return of Pit Bulls & Parolees on Animal Planet. Pit Bulls & Parolees follows Tia Torres and her efforts to help both the vilified breed of dog and ex-convicts by rehabilitating abused and abandoned pit bulls. We pick up with Tia Torres after she has moved the entire Villalobos operation to New…
Give a Shelter Dog a Fur-Ever Home
Though I love many animals, no furry friend can melt my heart like a sweet, loving, adorable dog. As a longtime dog owner, admirer of numerous friends’ pups and overall dog-enthusiast, I am excited to be working with Petfinder to help spread the word about Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month! October is Adopt-A-Shelter-Dog Month and Petfinder is celebrating by raising awareness by trying to find some of these adorable adoptable pups a fur-ever…