ROAR Pups Appear in Puppy Bowl XVII Airing Sunday on Discovery and Animal Planet

ROAR is very excited and proud that two of its rescue puppies, Moo and Hanson, will make their national debut as all-stars on Team Fluff on Super Bowl Sunday. Born in May 2020, Moo and Hanson arrived at ROAR's shelter from South Carolina.

Television’s cutest sports competition and the original call-to-adoption TV event, PUPPY BOWL, returns on Sunday, February 7 for the biggest, most exciting game to date, and Ridgefield Operation for Animal Rescue (ROAR) is thrilled to announce we have two puppies who made the final roster in the adorable competition taking place on football’s biggest day.

ROAR puppies go paw to paw with dozens of other puppies from animal shelters across the country, to win the CHEWY “Lombarky” trophy in PUPPY BOWL’s all-new venue, a ‘stadium within a stadium’ that’s bigger and better than ever before. The 3-hour PUPPY BOWL XVII event airs on both discovery+, the definitive non-fiction, real life subscription luff. service that features a landmark partnership with Verizon that gives their customers with select plans up to 12 months of discovery+ on Verizon, and Animal Planet.

ROAR is very excited and proud that two of its rescue puppies, Moo and Hanson, will make their national debut as all-stars on Team Fluff on Super Bowl Sunday. Born in May 2020, Moo and Hanson arrived at ROAR's shelter from South Carolina.

PUPPY BOWL celebrates adoptable pups in all their cuteness and showcases the incredible shelters and rescues, as well as their staffers, who dedicate their lives to helping animals find their loving homes. In years past, PUPPY BOWL is 16 for 16 with the adoption rate at 100% as all puppies and kittens featured in PUPPY BOWL to date have found their forever homes with loving families. And even though this past year has been different from years past, one thing is for certain - there will be a PUPPY BOWL - and discovery+ and Animal Planet continue this annual tradition to highlight these special puppy players and kittens so that they can finally find the place they are meant to call ‘home.’

Joining the game for the 10^th year in a row is America’s favorite “Rufferee,” Dan Schachner, who, after a decade, is ready to call the puppy penalties, ruffs & tumbles, and pawsome touchdowns for a game unlike any other. Award-winning animal advocate and television correspondent Jill Rappaport also returns to introduce the SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC. Pup Close and Personal segments that shine a light on some of these adorable athletes and other adoptable puppies across the country, in addition to the special Senior Spotlight stories which showcase that age is just a number with senior dogs who are ultimately puppies at heart.

As a bonus treat for this year’s PUPPY BOWL XVII, audiences will also see exciting new ‘Adoptable Pup’ segments, hosted by Dan Schachner and sponsored by CHEWY. Sprinkled throughout the program, 11 shelters from around the country will feature one of their special pups (and a few kittens during KITTY HALF-TIME!) that are all up for adoption during the game!

For more information about all shelters, rescues and organizations that participated in PUPPY BOWL XVII, Animal Planet audiences can visit Puppybowl.com/Adopt.