Enter our #Haven4Pets photo contests by Oct. 21

This October, you can show off your pet, win prizes, and help us spread the word about Haven’s new shelter welcoming both survivors and their pets! Just enter our #Haven4Pets photo contests in October during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Here’s how you can participate:

  • Enter your pet in any of our photo contests by emailing your photo to pets@havenmt.org by Oct. 21. Categories include:

    • Coolest Pet (A regular pet who looks cool, or a pet that’s cool because he or she is unusual.)

    • The Great Outdoors (Your pet in an outdoor setting. An easy one in Montana!)

    • Funniest Home Video

    • Cutest Costume (Halloween!)

      Email your photo by Oct. 21 with the name of the category in the subject line.

  • When voting opens on Oct. 24, go ahead and campaign on social media! Post your photo to Instagram and/or Facebook using the hashtag #Haven4Pets and ask ALL of your friends to vote for your pet. (We’ll have voting pages live on this site on Oct. 24.)

  • Vote for the winners by Oct. 31. All you need to vote is an email address! Voting pages will be live on this site on Oct. 24.

Winners will be announced in early November. Prizes include gift packages from Bozeman pet businesses West Paw and Dee-O-Gee, and Bozeman branches of national chains PetCo and PetSmart. Thank you to all of these businesses for donating prize packages!

And thank you for helping us spread the word. Up to 65 percent of survivors with pets delay leaving an abusive relationship for fear of what will happen to their pet. Survivors staying at the new shelter — opening in spring 2023! — will be welcome to bring their pets. The more people who know about this in our community, the more we can all offer support and options to survivors of domestic violence in our community.

new shelterBeth Kampschror