I doubt I will be watching the Super Bowl (I never really did understand football) but this sounds like it would be fun to watch.
For many animal rescue groups and shelters, Super Bowl Sunday is the highlight of their year – not for football, but for the other big game happening that day: Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl special.
The annual televised event features dozens of puppies taking to a scaled-down football stadium and field. A referee (or “rufferee” in Puppy Bowl lingo) oversees Team Ruff (orange bandanas) versus Team Fluff (blue bandanas) as they play for the coveted “Lombarky” Trophy.
The goal is to get the ball into an endzone; it doesn’t really matter which one. But the real point is to get every player on the field adopted into forever homes while promoting shelter and foster pet awareness. For that, Puppy Bowl sports a perfect 19-0 record.
This year’s program features 122 puppies from 67 shelters and rescue groups across the United States and Caribbean. "
“We really couldn’t ask for a better platform,” says Chrissy Beckles, founder and president of The Sato Project, a non-profit that rescues abused and abandoned dogs in Puerto Rico and rehomes them on the US mainland. “I can’t think of a single negative for this – only that it’s only once a year.”
