Contests

Happy Adopt a Shelter Cat Month! How are you celebrating with your feline friends? We’ve got a few ideas!

1. We’re kicking off the special month of June with a Top Video Catdown contest. Enter your cat’s most adorable or wacky video for a chance to win a year’s worth of Fresh Step litter and a premiere at our livestream event on June 25.

2. With kitten season in full swing, check with your local shelter to see if it needs extra kitty fosters or volunteers to help with the influx of felines.

3. But of course, the best way to celebrate Adopt a Shelter Cat Month is—you guessed it—adopting a shelter cat!

Whether you’re a feline fancier or a dyed-in-the-wool dog person, there’s something you can do for kitties this month—and they really need your help! Visit our Adopt a Shelter Cat Month page to learn more.

Are you the proud parent of the world’s cutest pet? Well, we want to see! Enter the ASPCA “I Heart My Pet” Pinterest Photo Contest, sponsored by Reeds Jewelers and David & Goliath. Follow the contest directions below for a chance to win an ASPCA Tender Voices® diamond pendant or a super-cute David & Goliath T-shirt:

1. Register to enter in the form below.
2. Follow the ASPCA on Pinterest.
3. Follow the ASPCA board “I Heart My Pet Contest.”
4. Create your own Pinterest board titled “ASPCA I Heart My Pet Contest.”
5. Upload your favorite photos of your pet(s)!

As long as you follow those steps, we’ll be able to find your Pinterest board and see your adorable photos! We’ll chooseone valid entry from each board and re-pin that photo to the ASPCA “I Heart My Pet Contest” board, where Pinterest users can then vote for their favorite. Each “like” your photo receives earns it one point, while each re-pin earns two points. Three winners, including one grand prize winner, will be chosen!

Contest registration begins March 15,2013, at 12:00 PM (EST), and the submission deadline is April 1, 2013, at 5:00 P.M. (EST). Voting for finalist photos will open to the public March 15, 2013, at 5:00 P.M. (EST) and close April 3, 2013, at 5:00 P.M. (EST). Winners will be officially announced April 4.

For more information and to view the contest rules, click here. Good luck, and happy pinning!

Are you ready to put on your stocking cap and take part in a little holiday trivia game? Join our #SantaPaws Holiday Trivia Twitter Party & Giveaway! Along with co-hosts Pet360 and Dogster, we’ll test your holiday knowledge…We’re talking reindeer and mistletoe, here!

Plus, we’ll give away treat-filled holiday stockings every FIVE minutes—and one grand prize winner will receive a sparkling diamond paw pendant by Zales Jewelers! Need a little more icing on the cake? All party guests will receive a secret coupon code for 25% off to use at the ASPCA Online Store.

Pour yourself some eggnog, get comfy on the couch and tune in to Twitter from 7:00 to 8:00 P.M. (ET) on December 12! Don't forget to use the hashtag #SantaPaws!

Not quite sure how to join a Twitter Party? No worries! Check out our How to Join a Twitter Party Guide.

Over a whirlwind three months of this year’s ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge, tens of thousands of animals’ lives were saved. We asked for photos of these happy dogs and cats, and received hundreds of adorable submissions. It was a difficult task, but we narrowed them down to 40 photos that we thought best represented the Challenge spirit, and then asked you to vote for your favorites. The response was outstanding! All told, the finalists received 15,320 total votes.

We are excited to announce the five grand prize winners and 20 runners up—grand prize winners will each win $2,000 grants for their respective shelters, and runners up will receive $1,000 grants for their shelters.

Grand Prize Winners:

Runners Up:

Southeast Division:
•Jane (Central Brevard Humane Society)
•Colby (Oconee County Humane Society)
•Cola (Humane Society of Charlotte)
•Opal & Sloth (Young Williams Animal Center)

North Central Division:
•Max (Ashtabula County Animal Protective League)
•Jinx (Ashtabula County Animal Protective League)
•Simon (Great Plains SPCA)
•Tucker & Bonnie (SICSA)

South Central Division:
•Professor McGonagall (Denton Animal Shelter Foundation)
•Maverick (BARC Animal Shelter & Adoptions)
•JoJo Bubbles (Humane Society of Southern Arizona)
•Andy (BARC Animal Shelter & Adoptions)

West Division:
•Marisol (Canyon County Animal Shelter)
•Kyra (Canyon County Animal Shelter)
•Sammy Girl (Escondido Humane Society)
•August (Humane Society of Central Washington)

Northeast Division:
•Chocolate Mike, Jr. (Baltimore Area Rescue & Care Shelter BARCS)
•Eleanor (Bangor Humane Society)
•Baxter (Humane League of Lancaster County)
•Sebastian (Last Chance Ranch)

Congratulations are also in order for the ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge Community Engagement Award finalists. These contestants are being honored for motivating their respective communities the most during the three-month contest. After weeks of energetic outreach and lively voting, we’re pleased to announce that Animal Rescue League and Wildlife Center (Pittsburg, PA), Bangor Humane Society (Bangor, ME) and Humane Society of Central Washington (Yakima, WA) have received the highest number of public votes. All three organizations are also in the running to win the $100K grand prize. Stay tuned for the BIG grand prize announcement on November 30!