Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo: the largest pet adoption event in Minnesota

MnPAW (Minnesota Partnership for Animal Welfare) and the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory will host the Twin Cities’ inaugural super adoption event,  Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo, presented by PEDIGREE® on Saturday, September 18. Hundreds of dogs, cats, puppies and kittens will be available for adoption at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Adoptable pets from more than 25 animal welfare and rescue organizations will be onsite on this special date and ready for their forever home. There is no charge for admission to the event or for parking.

Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo
Saturday, September 18th
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Como Park Zoo & Conservatory
1225 Estabrook Drive
Saint Paul, MN 55103

Participating animal welfare and rescue organizations include:

• Animal Humane Society
• A Rotta Love  Plus
• Animal Folks
• Airedale Terrier Rescue & Adoption(ATRA)
• Aussie Rescue of Minnesota Inc.
• B.A.R.K. Rescue
• Basset Buddies Rescue
• Carver Scott County Humane Society
• Chuck and Don's
• Crossroads Animal Shelter
• English Springer Rescue America, Inc.
• Feline Rescue
• Greyhound Pets of America
• Heartland Animal Rescue
• IMPS (Internet Min Pin Services)
• Midwest Animal Rescue
• Minnesota Spay/Neuter Project
• Minnesota Valley
• MN Greyhound Rescue
• MN Pit Bull Rescue
• MN Sheltie Rescue
• MN/WI Collie Rescue
• MUSHR (Minnesota’s Unwanted Siberian Husky Rescue)
• Northern Lights Greyhound Adoption
• Northwoods Humane Society
• Peke N Chin Midwest
• Pet Haven
• Pet Project Rescue
• Southern Star Min-Pin Rescue
• Tri-County Humane Society
• Whisker Rescue

This is the first pet adoption event of this magnitude in Minnesota, bringing together organizations and animals from across the state and surrounding areas.  PEDIGREE® has sponsored the Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo event for more than 18 years in 20 cities helping place more than 16,000 animals in new, loving families.  PEDIGREE® approached the Como Park Zoo and MnPAW to sponsor this event—these two organizations broadened the event to include animal welfare organizations throughout Minnesota who are dedicated to helping animals.

Adoption fees and policies are set by each participating group and not by event sponsors. All dogs and cats will have received a medical check-up and age-appropriate vaccinations.  For health and safety reasons, please leave your current pets at home. MnPAW is a coalition of animal welfare organizations throughout Minnesota who are committed to working together to aid animals. For more information on the event, visit www.mnpaw.org or call 763-489-2250.

Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo is presented by PEDIGREE® and sponsored by KSTC TV Channel 45,  myTalk 107.1 KTMY and Radio Disney.

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