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5 Iowa Dogs Featured in Puppy Bowl

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“Here’s Judy.”

This 1underdog started off in a 2cramped, dirty cage Oklahoma. But now - she’s healthy, happy.

“And now she’s a TV star!”

Judy’s one of five Iowa 3shelter dogs to compete in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl. And they all came from a Heinz 57, a foster-based animal rescue organization in De Soto. Amy Heinz, the shelter’s director, says it all started with a phone call ten years ago.

“I got a call from a guy that said, “hey, I’m a producer from Animal Planet, we’d like to have your puppy in Puppy Bowl that we saw on Petfinder.”“

Now every year their shelter sends a few puppies to New York to compete in the 4free-for-all style game. Heinz says it’s a great way to 5promote 6pet adoption from shelters.

“7Puppy mills are such a huge, huge problem in this in our country right now that they’re trying to shift the spotlight to shelter pets. And look at all these cute puppies. Some are purebred dogs. And they’re in the Puppy Bowl. And, you know, you can get these wonderful animals at shelters and rescues.”

People who came out for Sunday’s viewing party also got the chance to help some other furry friends... 

“Oh, there’s my baby. That’s my baby.”

…find their forever home.

“And this is Dusky. This is Buffy. They’re just two of the nine puppies up for adoption. This Puppy Bowl field is a little less active, but just as cute as the one on the big screen.”

These nine puppies are some of the nearly 2,000 animals a Heinz 57 rescues every year. Heinz says Sunday’s Puppy Bowl party is time to celebrate adoption and the hard work of their 8volunteers.

“We see the very worst of mankind in this business, but it 9is offset 100 fold by the beautiful hearts of the volunteers that come and help.”

And after a long rough gameday these pups are ready to find their forever homes.

Article by CNN News (https://cnn.ybmnet.co.kr/cnn_class/2345)