Puppy Bowl XX helps adoptable pets score homes

Happy couple holding a small white dog they'd adopted
The results are in: Thousands of pets go home through Puppy Bowl promotion.
By Best Friends staff

The Puppy Bowl is undoubtedly the cutest alternative television-watching opportunity on Super Bowl Sunday, and this year it was even better with a week of adoption promotions.

Adoption fees were waived at all Best Friends locations, and more than 140 Best Friends Network Partners across the country participated as well. While millions watched adorable puppies romping on screen, the real impact of Puppy Bowl XX was the call to head to a shelter or rescue group to adopt a pet in need of a home.

It’s no surprise that puppies were stars of the show. But from Best Friends locations alone, more than 220 cats and kittens were adopted as well. In the end, a total of 3,200 pets went home from Best Friends and our partners combined.

Here are photos of just a few of the pets adopted during the promotion, all destined to become MVPs in their new homes.

Puppy Bowl XX Adoption Fees Waived 2.7-2.14 sign
Couple sitting together with a black and white dog they adopted
Photo courtesy of Chance Aggieland Humane Society
Young person holding a tabby cat in front of some kennels
Photo of It Takes a Village No-Kill Rescue
Two people sitting with a puppy under balloons forming the words Pawty Time and a football field backdrop
Photo courtesy of Kurth Memorial Animal Services - City of Lufkin
Child sitting on a bench with a dog on a leash
Photo courtesy of Needy Paws Animal Shelter
Couple holding a puppy wearing a cone in front of an adoption van
Photo courtesy of Dallas Animal Services
Two smiling people holding a big black puppy
Photo courtesy of It Takes a Village No-Kill Rescue
Two people and a child with a tan puppy whose front foot is on the child's head
Photo courtesy of New Fairfield Sherman Animal Welfare Society
Couple holding two puppies
Photo courtesy of Friends of the Mountainair Animal Shelter
Person sitting on the floor with a big brindle dog lying in her lap while she pets him
Photo courtesy of Hill Country Humane Society
Smiling person outside on a bench hugging a happy dog in her arms
Photo courtesy of Aggieland Humane Society
Person holding an orange and white kitten in front of a sign that says Give Love Get Love
Photo courtesy of Liberal Animal Shelter
Smiling person holding a small brown puppy
Person sitting outside on a bench holding a fluffy dog on a leash
Photo courtesy of Metro East Humane Society
Person sitting on a blue couch with a happy brown dog under balloons spelling the word Touchdown
Photo courtesy of South Suburban Humane Society
Person with two kids and a tan dog, all smiling
Photo courtesy of Humane Society of the Treasure Coast
Happy couple both touching a smiling shepherd
Photo courtesy of Alaska Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Smiling person holding a black and white cat
Photo courtesy of The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach
Smiling family holding a white puppy and a sign that says I heart my adopted dog

Let's make every shelter and every community no-kill by 2025

Our goal at Best Friends is to support all animal shelters in the U.S. in reaching no-kill by 2025. No-kill means saving every dog and cat in a shelter who can be saved, accounting for community safety and good quality of life for pets. 

Shelter staff can’t do it alone. Saving animals in shelters is everyone’s responsibility, and it takes support and participation from the community. No-kill is possible when we work together thoughtfully, honestly, and collaboratively.

Man hugging a tabby cat

Make your community no-kill by 2025

Last year, hundreds of thousands of loving dogs and cats were killed in shelters around the country just because they didn't have a safe place to call home.
Is your community no-kill?
Silhouette of two dogs, cat and kitten

You can help save homeless pets

You can help end the killing in shelters and save the lives of homeless pets when you foster, adopt, and advocate for the dogs and cats who need it most.

Smiling person playing with two kittens

Foster a pet

Fostering a homeless pet is a short-term commitment with a long-term impact. By opening your home to a cat for even a few days, you can save lives. 
The fun of fostering
Two happy people sitting with a cat on a couch in a home

Adopt a pet

When you adopt a homeless dog or cat from a shelter or rescue group, you’re making a lifesaving difference for a loving and grateful animal.
Adopting a pet near me
Smiling person looking at a tiny dog that they're holding

Advocate for pets

You can inspire and create local change to save the lives of dogs and cats, and to help keep them out of shelters by working with others in your community.
Defending pets near me

Saving lives around the country

Together, we're creating compassionate no-kill communities nationwide for pets and the people who care for them.

Happy child affectionately cradling a pit-bull-type dog's face

Super adoption success: More than 200 pets head home

The Best Friends Super Adoption in Northwest Arkansas brought together more than 30 animal organizations to save lives.
Collaboration was key
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Crowd of people outside the New York City adoption event

NYC pets go from shelter to homes

Nearly 60 dogs and cats went home from Animal Care Centers of NYC in a single weekend of Best Friends-sponsored adoptions.
Learn about this huge success
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Person sitting on the grass petting a small black and white dog

Hundreds of pets go home from L.A. super adoption

Two days of adoptions in a park with shelters and rescue groups leads to more than 400 homeless dogs and cats saved.
Read about it
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