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The Jacksonville Humane Society’s Cutest Pet Contest is back for a seventh year, with submissions due August 27 and voting ending on August 31.<\/p>\n
The contest, which raises funds for the humane society, bestows on one lucky dog or cat the title ‘Cutest Pet in Jacksonville.’<\/p>\n
Submissions and voting opened on August 1. The final day to submit your dog or cat is August 27, with the final day to vote online August 31.<\/p>\n
Go to the Jacksonville Humane Society website<\/a> to participate.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n The winner will be featured on digital billboards, enjoy a one-hour professional pet photoshoot, and receive a prize pack featuring a custom pet portrait, a VIP stay at Pet Paradise, a BarkBox or KitNipBox, a year’s supply of free litter from World’s Best Cat Litter (if winner is a cat), and other prizes.<\/p>\n In addition to a winner, 11 runners-up will be featured on the humane society’s website throughout 2027 and receive a free day of dog day camp or dog or cat boarding at Pet Paradise along with assorted goodies from World’s Best Cat Litter.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n A $10 donation is required to enter the contest. A $5 donation is required to vote on contestants ($1 counts as one vote, with a minimum of 5 votes).<\/p>\n “We are elated to bring back this celebration of pets and the people who love them,” said Lawrence Nicolas, JHS CEO. “It’s a meaningful way for members of our community to honor their beloved pets while also supporting pets in need.”<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>]<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jacksonville Humane Society’s Cutest Pet Contest is back for a seventh year, with submissions due August 27…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[151993,151995,151994,761,15740,116,118,117,151992],"class_list":["post-377854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-cutest-pet","tag-cutest-pet-contest","tag-dog-or-cat","tag-free-action-news-jax","tag-humane-society","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-pet-paradise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}