Change a Pet’s Life Day was started in 2009 to encourage pet adoption and draw attention to the many homeless pets in the US. It takes place each year on January 24. 1-800-PetMeds Cares™ introduced the Change a Pet’s Life Contest in 2015 to help homeless pets get the life-changing medical treatment they needed to be adoptable.
In honor of Change a Pet's Life Day on January 24, 2017, 1-800-PetMeds Cares™ is holding the third annual Change a Pet's Life Contest to help adoptable pets in need of medical care. Shelters and animal rescues may enter an adoptable pet and encourage your community to vote for a chance to win up to $2,000 in grants.
How To Enter
- The Change a Pet's Life Contest is open to U.S. animal rescues and shelters to change the life of an adoptable pet by providing a needed surgery or medical treatment.
- To enter: fill out the entry form and submit an adoptable pet in need of medical treatment. Tell the pet’s story, describe how the pet got to the rescue group and include a photo of the pet.
- Contest is open to US animal shelters and animal rescue groups that adopt out dogs and/or cats in the US and have not won a 1-800-PetMeds Cares™ contest within the last year (1/9/16-1/8/17).
- Limit of one entry per group.
Submission Period
- Entry period: January 9, 2017, at 12 a.m. ET to January 15, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. ET
- Voting period: January 16, 2017, at 12 a.m. ET to January 22, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. ET
- Winners announced January 24, 2017, on the contest webpage.
Prizes
- 1st place: Up to $2,000 towards the winning pet’s care and a video, produced by 1-800-PetMeds Cares™, about the winning pet and rescue group to be featured on the 1-800-PetMeds Cares™ website and social media sites.
- 2nd place: $1,000 grant for the second-place pet’s surgery and/or medical treatments.
- 3rd place: $500 grant for the third-place pet’s surgery and/or medical treatments.
- All monetary prizes will be paid directly to the veterinarians/animal hospitals overseeing the winning pets’ care.
Previous Winners
In 2015 the grand prize winner was Gorilla, from Pug Rescue of Austin. Gorilla is now in his forever home. And in 2016 Regina, from National Mill Dog Rescue, who has also been adopted.If you're not part of a shelter or rescue, don't worry! Beginning January 16 you can view all the entries here. We'll definitely be voting!
Please spread the word about the contest so your favorite shelter or rescue can enter.
Disclosure: We received a gift for sharing the information about this contest. Lola The Rescued Cat only shares information we feel will be of interest to our readers.
Lola
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