Animal Planet 'Puppy Bowl' Players for 2024 Have Just Been Revealed
Get ready for the cuddliest, fluffiest most exciting sporting event of the year when Puppy Bowl XX takes place on Sunday, February 11 at 2P ET/11A PT on Animal Planet.
This puppy bowl will be the biggest yet, featuring 131 puppies, 73 shelters and rescues across 36 states and territories. In celebration of Puppy Bowl XX, Warner Bros. Discovery is partnering with Best Friends Animal Society, a leading national animal welfare organization, to help animals find their loving homes. Not only is this game absolutely adorable, it's such a wonderful event to promote animal adoption.
According to the Animal Planet website: "Six special needs puppy players will also be introduced including Riddle, a pug terrier who suffers from the neurological condition cerebellar hypoplasia; Mr. Bean, a papillon mix who only has his two hind legs; and four pups who don’t let their deafness slow them down on the gridiron."
Here are just some of the pups from Team Ruff and Team Fluff.
Cronut: Team Fluff
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Cronut is an absolutely adorable Shar-Pei that comes from the Shar-Pei Rescue of Virginia in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Vanessa: Team Ruff
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Little Vanessa is a Yorkshire Terrier mix that comes from Brandwine Valley SPCA in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Levi: Team Fluff
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Levi is a Great Dane that comes from Green Dogs Unleashed in Troy, Virginia.He's the largest pup ever to be featured in the Puppy Bowl!
Sweet Pea: Team Ruff
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Sweet pea is a tiny little Cavapoo playing for Team Ruff.
You can see the entire adorable lineup by visiting Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl hub right here.
The Puppy Bowl is always one of the best televised events of the year and some of us treat this with as much anticipation as the actual football game. I don't know about you, but I'm all ready planning my Puppy Bowl snacks!
Another wonderful aspect of Puppy Bowl is Warner Bros. Discovery will match donations to cover adoption fees for Best Friends Animal Society's lifesaving centers nationwide from February 7-14. Text PUPPY to 707070 to double your impact or find a shelter near you.
I don't know about you, but come February 11 I will be on my sofa with my snacks and my own pup ready to root all the adorable players on!
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