Today, April 11, is National Pet Day. There’s a hashtag and everything (#NationalPetDay).
National Pet Day was founded in 2006 by Pet & Family Lifestyle Expert, Animal Welfare Advocate Colleen Paige, to celebrate the joy pets bring to our lives and to create public awareness about the plight of many different kinds of animals awaiting a forever home in shelters and rescues all around the globe.
We’re big animal lovers in these parts, and we have the pets to show it. Not only that, but this:
One Kid’s Mission to Save All the Animals.
Also:
And this, which we had nothing to do with but watched last night on Netflix and thought it rather timely:
Happy petting!
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