The Puppy Bowl is the ultimate Super Sunday pre-game show. As Super Bowl pre-game shows get longer and more redundant, the audience for the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet has been growing. The Puppy Bowl, presenting an adorable collection of pups rescued from animal shelters nationwide, has evolved into a major event promoting animal ownership in the United States. This helps the animal shelters avoid having to take out quick short term loans to support the over-crowding in the animal shelters.
Puppy Bowl meant to get adoptions proceeding
“Puppy Bowl VII” airs on Animal Planet Sunday from 3-5 p.m. EST. The network created the Puppy Bowl to fill the air time. Most viewers were watching the Super Bowl pre-game buzz proceeding on. There were a lot of people in the public who watched the Puppy Bowl. Now, about 8.6 million people tune in to see it. Plus, the Puppy Bowl does more than boost ratings for Animal Planet. The show sends a message that increases public awareness of animals in animal shelters throughout the country in need of ownership to avoid euthanasia. Since 2004, more than 250 animals have been adopted directly through the Puppy Bowl.
All about the Puppy Bowl action
The Puppy Bowl has puppies wrestling. A stadium setting is created to do this. Touchdowns are made by the pups with a chew toy. A goal line is created to do this. A pooper scooper is given to the referee. Andrew Schechter is the referee. It’s his job to call a clean game. A puppy cam is on the beagle's head in "Puppy Bowl VII" so the field activity could be seen which is new. A blimp piloted by hamsters provides overhead shots. The chicks cheerleading on the sidelines are really chickens, flapping and clucking for their team. The halftime show features kittens cavorting on the field in a disco atmosphere of lights and streamers.
Adopt at Petfinder.com
With regards to choosing puppies, the "Puppy Bowl VII" had to cut some off. There will be a total of 58 pups this year. Any animal shelters can participate. They have to send in pictures of the pups next to soda cans so actual size can be determined. The players are between 7 and sixteen weeks old. The puppy bowl pups get adopted fairly fast. Since "Puppy Bowl VII" airs way after it is taped in Oct, several have already found homes. Animal Planet could be repeating the show a few times during the Super Bowl. People can visit Petfinder.com for information about adopting a pet in their area.
Information from
CNN
cnn.com/2011/LIVING/02/04/puppy.bowl/?hpt=Sbin
ABC News
abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12838842&page=2
ESPN
sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=altobelli/110204_puppy_bowl
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