Touching Video: Crosby's Story

Screen Shot 2014-07-30 at 9.55.31 AMEvery creature deserves the chance at a life full of love and happiness. In this touching video, Crosby – a sweet pup born with a deformity – is given just that. Watch as this beautiful boy reaches his full potential. What an amazing story! (If you are reading this on our main blog page, please click the “Read More” link to see the video below, then click the red play icon in the middle of the video to make it play.)

Should Your Pet be #Instafamous?

Portrait of a woman with her beautiful dog lying outdoorsRecently, we held our very first ever Happy Beginnings cover model search. Thousands of heartwarming and smile-inspiring photos poured in from awesome pet adopters just like you who were out to prove that shelter pets are loving, warm, and soulful beings. And since a picture says 1,000 words, we think there may be no better way to get the message across! So, we’re doing it again!

You know your favorite photo of you with your pet – the one that just exudes happiness and with mere pixels, communicates just how wonderful having a pet can be? What if that photo – YOUR photo of YOUR pet – inspired other people to adopt and save the life of a shelter pet? We’re searching for Adopt-a-Pet.com’s next Facebook “cover pet” photo – and it could be of your best friend. We’ll choose one photo that captures the essence of pet adoption – the happiness, the joy, the smiles, laughter, and love – to be featured as our cover pet on Facebook and featured on our blog.

Here’s how your photo can be chosen:

  1. Follow us on Instagram
  2. Post your photos to your Instagram account with a caption telling us your favorite thing about your relationship with your pet.
  3. Make sure you mention @adoptapetcom in your caption and include the #HappyBeginnings hash tag.

Let’s debunk stereotypes and start more Happy Beginnings for shelter pets! Good luck!

Contest: Cuddles and Rage Diorama Giveaway

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Feeling clever? Great! Time to put those thinking caps on to come up with your most clever, heartwarming, sweet, and darn-right silly captions for our Cuddles and Rage Diorama Giveaway Contest. Our friends at Cuddles and Rage, the mixed media webcomic, made this one-of-a-kind diorama dedicated to Adopt-a-Pet.com and the pets we all love. Yep, we said diorama. That means that this lovely creation is more than just a photograph – it’s a 3D piece of art work that one of our awesome community members is going to win!

Here’s what you need to know to enter:

  1. Jump over to our Facebook page and give us a “Like.” You’ll see this picture posted on our timeline.
  2. In the comments below the photo, share your best caption. It can be funny or serious, but it has to be original. Enter as many times you’d like between now and the end of the day on Sunday 7/20, because on Monday 7/21 we’ll choose a winner! Hey, it could be you!

We’ll notify the winner via a Facebook message, where we’ll then ask for your address so please be ready to reply if you’re the chosen recipient. Good luck and happy captioning!

 
 
Complete contest rules:
The Adopt-a-Pet.com “Cuddles & Rage Diorama Caption” Contest
OFFICIAL RULES
 
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING.
 
PROMOTION DESCRIPTION:  The Adopt-a-Pet.com “Cuddles & Rage Diorama Caption” Contest (the “Contest”) begins on or about July 17th, 2014, at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) and ends at 11:59 p.m. ET on July 20th, 2014 (the “Contest Period”). To enter the Contest, create a caption for a piece of artwork posted on Sponsor’s Facebook Page (each, a “Submission”).  At the end of the Contest Period, one (1) Grand Prize winner will be selected from all eligible Submissions received during the Contest Period, as more fully set forth below.  By participating in the Contest, each entrant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Humane America Animal Foundation, d/b/a Adopt-a-Pet.com, 310 N. Indian Hill Blvd., #800, Claremont‎, CA ‎ 91711, (“Sponsor”), which shall be final and binding in all respects.
 
ELIGIBILITY:  The Contest is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry.  Officers, directors and employees of Sponsor and its parents, subsidiaries, licensors, affiliates, distributors, retailers, sales representatives, advertising and promotion agencies (all such entities and individuals referred to collectively herein as the “Promotion Entities”), and the immediate family members and/or those residing in the same household of each are ineligible to enter the Contest or win a prize.
 
HOW TO ENTER:  During the Contest Period, visit Sponsor’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/#!/Adoptapetcom (the “Website”) “like” the Website, and post a caption for the piece of artwork featured on the Website.  Each Submission that is entered into the Contest must be the submitting entrant’s original, previously unpublished work and not feature any material owned or controlled by third parties (including without limitation, third party copyrighted material).  Submissions must be received by the end of the Contest Period.  Any personal information collected by Sponsor in connection with the Contest will be used such information in accordance with its online privacy policy, located at http://www.adoptapet.com/public/privacy_policy. Proof of submission is not considered proof of delivery to or receipt of such entry.  Sponsor shall have no liability for any Submission that is lost, intercepted or not received by the Sponsor.
 
WINNER SELECTION: Sponsor (in its sole discretion) will select the Grand Prize winner from all eligible Submissions received during the Contest Period.  The Prize winner will be notified through Facebook.  Sponsor shall have no liability for any winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by the potential winner for any reason.  If any potential winner does not respond within the time required by Sponsor, or if the winner notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to any potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit his or her prize and an alternate winner may be selected.
 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES/INDEMNIFICATION:  Each person who enters this Contest (and his or her parent or legal guardian, if the entrant is under the age of majority in his or her state/province of residence [a “minor”]) represents and warrants as follows: (i) the Submission is the entrant’s own original, previously unpublished, and previously unproduced work; (ii) the Submission does not and will not violate or infringe upon the intellectual property rights or other rights of any other person or entity; and (iii) the Submission does not and will not violate any applicable laws, and is not and will not be defamatory or libelous.  Each entrant hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Promotion Entities harmless from and against any and all third party claims, actions or proceedings of any kind and from any and all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses relating to or arising out of any breach or alleged breach of any of the warranties, representations or agreements of entrant hereunder.
 
PUBLICITY RELEASE:  By participating in the Contest, in addition to any other grants which may be granted in any other agreement entered into between Sponsor and any entrant in or winner of the Contest, each entrant irrevocably grants the Promotion Entities and their respective successors, assigns and licensees, the right to use such entrant’s name, likeness, biographical information and Submission, and any individual(s) participating therein, in any and all media for any purpose, including without limitation, advertising and promotional purposes as well as in, on or in connection with the Website or the Contest or other promotions, and hereby release the Promotion Entities from any liability with respect thereto.
 
PRIZES The Grand Prize winner will receive the artwork featured on the Website.  The approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $300.
 
GENERAL PRIZE CONDITIONS:  No cash alternative or prize substitutions will be allowed, except Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prize(s) or opportunities or comparable out-of-pocket cost value if any prize or opportunity listed is unavailable, in whole or in part, for any reason.  The Prize winners shall be solely responsible for all federal, state and/or local taxes, and the reporting consequences thereof, and for any other fees or costs associated with the Prize. 
 
GENERAL LIABILITY RELEASE/FORCE MAJEURE: Entrants agree that the Promotion Entities (a) shall not be responsible or liable for any losses, damages or injuries of any kind (including death) resulting from participation in the Contest or any Contest-related activity, or from entrants’ acceptance, receipt, possession and/or use or misuse of the prize(s), and (b) have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, with respect to the priz
e(s), including, without limitation, to such prize’s quality or fitness for a particular purpose. Entrants will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Promotion Entities from and against all third party claims arising out of or relating to Entrant’s Submission. Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any damage to an entrant’s computer system which is occasioned by accessing the Website or participating in the Contest.  Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or the Website and/or the Entry Site, to be acting in violation of these Official Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to disrupt or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest, or to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, and Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.  These Official Rules cannot be modified or amended in any way except in a written document issued in accordance with the law by a duly authorized representative of Sponsor.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.  In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these rules shall otherwise remain in effect and shall be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
   
DATES & DEADLINES/ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS:  Because of the unique nature and scope of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right, in addition to those other rights reserved herein, to modify any date(s) or deadline(s) set forth in these Official Rules or otherwise governing the Contest.  Sponsor cannot accurately predict the number of entrants who will participate in the Contest.
 
GOVERNING LAW/JURISDICTION:  ALL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES OR THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF ENTRANTS OR SPONSOR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTEST SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OF CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PROVISIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER STATE’S LAWS.
 
WINNERS LIST/OFFICIAL RULES:  To obtain a copy of any legally-required winners list, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to 310 N. Indian Hill Blvd., #800, Claremont‎, CA ‎ 91711.  All such requests must be received within six (6) weeks following the end of the Contest Period.  These Official Rules will be posted on the Website.

PetMatch, the world’s first visual pet search mobile app

PetMatchPALO ALTO, CALIF (June, 2014) –Superfish, a pioneer in visual search technology, and Adopt-a-Pet.com announced today a new partnership that combines the power of the world’s largest non-profit database of adoptable pets with PetMatch, the world’s first visual pet search mobile app. The company also announced a new Android version of PetMatch to expand reach and allow more people to find adoptable pets in their area. Through the partnership with Adopt-a-Pet.com, PetMatch expands its database to include more than 200,000 pets from more than 14,000 shelters across the country.

“At this moment, hundreds of thousands of animals sit in shelters waiting to be adopted into their forever homes. We’re delighted to use this technology to help serve our mission—getting pets into homes—and PetMatch makes that process fun and easy,” said Dana Puglisi of Adopt-a-Pet.com. “Because PetMatch uses pictures rather than words, it’s faster and more intuitive than text based search bringing people closer to finding what they’re looking for and more importantly it gets pets adopted into forever homes and we are thrilled to help Adopt-a-Pet.com do just that,” said Adi Pinhas, CEO and Founder of Superfish.

How to Use PetMatch

  • Open the app, take a picture, upload from your collection, or use a picture from the PetMatch sample gallery to get started.
  • Behind the scenes, PetMatch uses Superfish’s patented visual search technology to find similar adoptable pets in your area.
  • PetMatch gives you all the information you need to connect with the adoption agency.

Learn more at www.superfish.com/petmatch where you can download the app from the App Store and the Google Play store.

Rescue Video: Theo

TheoB4After2 Theo had been roaming the streets of Compton, California for a year before he was rescued. Neighbors said his family had moved and left him behind to fend for himself. Theo was dirty, hungry, and scared. But then Hope for Paws found out about him and made it priority #1 to save this little guy. Watch his amazing transformation in this all new rescue video from Eldad Hagar.  For info on adopting Theo who is being fostered by Mutt Scouts, please visit his Adopt-a-Pet.com profile: http://www.adoptapet.com/pet/11013073-los-angeles-california-poodle-miniature-mix.