RICHMOND, Va. — Hundreds of individuals crammed Main Street Station on Sunday for the first-ever “Muttminster and Meowminster” canine and cat present benefiting Richmond Animal Care and Control.
Adorable, adopted pets of all breeds, dressed of their Sunday finest, competed for the coveted title of Best Rescue Story, Best Underbite, Biggest Ears and Best Costume, to call a number of classes.
Guests had been additionally capable of store with native distributors and luxuriate in household and pet-friendly actions and meals vans.
Tracy Sears
Proceeds from the occasion will go towards RACC’s Tommie Fund, which helps cowl the cost of emergency medical look after sick and injured animals.
In 2019, Richmond firefighters discovered Tommie chained to a fence in Abner Clay Park. He was badly burned from abuse and died a number of days later, after exhaustive efforts had been made by veterinarians to save lots of his life. His demise sparked a nationwide dialog geared toward serving to municipal shelters save the lives of shelter animals.
The present was deemed an enormous success by adoptive households, who bought to proudly exhibit their fur infants.
CBS 6’s Brendan King helped function a visitor choose.
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