Adopt-A-Bull Contest!

[Elyse Orecchio]

(Get it? Adopt-A-Bull? Adoptable? Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha..ah, never mind.)

Nobody loves a story about someone finding their perfect four-legged match as much as we do—except maybe you. Now, we’re putting out a call for adoption success stories featuring pit bulls. What better way to get the word out that pit bulls can indeed make loving and loyal, delightful and devoted companions?
We've launched the Adopt-A-Bull Contest (pretty clever, if we do say so ourselves), sponsored by the New York-based Animal Farm Foundation, Inc, a group dedicated to protecting American pit bull terriers from discrimination and cruelty. We're accepting nominations of successful adoptions of pit bulls made at shelters using the ASPCA’s Meet Your Match™ program. MYM focuses on the individual dog and adopter—making matches based on an individual dog’s behavior and the lifestyle and expectations of the adopter.

The contest will run four times throughout the year, with one winner announced each quarter. The winning shelters will be awarded a $4,000 grant, and the dog-and-pet parent matches from each winning shelter will score a prize pack and automatically be entered into the “Vote for Your Favorite Match” contest, which will take place here, online at ASPCA.org., in February 2009. Yep, we’ll be asking you to cast their vote for your favorite couple, so stay tuned!


The grand-prize shelter winner will be treated to a trip to New York City to participate in the third annual ASPCA Day celebration (that’s April 10, 2009) and a $5,000 grant, and the pet parent-pooch duo who receives the most votes in our online contest will win a photo shoot with a professional photographer and a bronze of their top dog.

And if, over the course of the contest, any of our winning dog-human duos get you thinking that a pit bull might make a perfect match for your family, please visit ASPCA.org for more information…that’s the point of our contest, after all!


Meet Your Match Shelters: Enter the Contest!

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Now, since we figure we're entitled to one bad pun per post, we'll sign off saying this: If you don't enter this contest and you're eligible, that'll really be the pits.

[Susy]

I have a sense of humour so i think your puns are funny and good!

[bams481]

She's such a doll and I am so jealous :)

[bams481]

lol....well after that move of mine, I can spoil her in real life ;P Everything so far is going to plan for the move...ooohhh and I learned that T-Mobile pays me a lot when I decide to transfer. Just working on the promotion now lol. I may move before I promote and if so, it is sooner than I thought for the move :)

[bams481]

haha...gee thanks :P

[Emma]

yes, nice puns. i also love the idea! way to get pit bull awareness out their!

[HORSEDIVA]

At first i thought you met a bulvine, horns snoing kinda bull! I was thinking why would someone psot that on an ASPCA website?

[Alyssa Trimble]

i really like yoyr puns and good job on getting pit bulls reconized

[THA bitch!! <333]

i wish i could but our landlord will only let us have 2 dogs because he is mean sorry elyse

[Joel Escol]

This is a very nice idea for Pitbull Terrier lovers.

[Genia]

Wonderful idea! What about the people living in city's that have BSL, restrictions or Shelters that don't support the adoption of bully breeds and the owners or potential adopters are afraid for their "pit bull". Should they not enter even if they really want to help save the breed and give a dog a much needed loving home?

[Red Johnston]

I don't know if Meet Your Match was used, but Sarah was a pound rescue. I went looking for a small dog because I was in an apartment at the time, but is was her face that grabbed me and she has been at my side ever since. Does that count?

[calina]

aw i love pittbulls .