Today, March 23, has been set aside as National Puppy Day—founded in 2006 by the author Colleen Paige, and adopted by other groups and organizations since. The idea is to focus attention on puppies in need of adoption and the abuses found in puppy mills, but also to celebrate these furry little companions. In the spirit of the day, I am once more obligated to share some adorable images of pups around the world.
National Puppy Day Photos
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Read moreA husky pup plays with a young woman. #
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Read moreChilean police officers march with puppies, future police dogs, during a parade celebrating Chile's 208th independence anniversary in Santiago on September 19, 2018. #
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Read morePug puppies play with their mother. #
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Read moreA young blue heeler working dog, photographed on a farm in Victoria, Australia #
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Read moreA vizsla pup gnaws on another pup's leg in Hemmental, Switzerland. #
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Read moreAnna Sovtus, a Ukrainian veterinarian working with the Dogs of Chernobyl initiative, tends to a stray puppy she just washed in the bathroom sink at a makeshift veterinary clinic inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine on August 17, 2017. An estimated 900 stray dogs live in the exclusion zone, many of them likely the descendants of dogs left behind following the mass evacuation of residents in the aftermath of the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. #
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Read moreA black Chihuahua puppy runs through the snow. #
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Read moreAlina Zagitova, the Russian Olympic women's-figure-skating gold medalist, holds an Akita Inu puppy named Masaru, presented by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Moscow, Russia, on May 26, 2018. #
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Read moreA German shepherd pup howls in the grass. #
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Read moreA dachshund puppy snoozes in her bed. #
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Read moreA man keeps a puppy warm in his jacket while watching a New Year's parade in Comanesti, Romania, on December 30, 2017. #
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Read moreSamira, an eight-week-old dachshund puppy, carries her water dish in Wilmington, Massachusetts, on June 18, 2018. #
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Read moreAn adopted Australian shepherd pup comes home after being adopted by his new owners on an autumn day in Montreal, Quebec. #
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Read moreThe inmate Jonathan Ladson cuddles with a chocolate lab puppy at Merrimack County Jail in Boscawen, New Hampshire, on January 8, 2019. The New Hampshire jail is the first in the state to partner prisoners with the Hero Pups program to foster and train puppies with the goal of placing them with military veterans and first responders in need of support dogs. #
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Read moreA Pembroke Welsh corgi puppy chomps on a leaf in a garden. #
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Read moreTwo-month-old golden retriever puppies are seen at the police-canine training school in Santiago, Chile, on October 9, 2018. #
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Read moreOne of five puppies rescued by police officers during an operation against smuggling in Edirne, Turkey, on November 8, 2017 #
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Read moreThis pup really wants those camo pants. #
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Read moreA Siberian husky puppy enjoys a nice swim in a pool. #
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Read moreA pup takes part in an autumn pumpkin harvest. #
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Read moreA man leaves a stray-dog adoption event with his new puppy after adopting it in Bucharest, Romania, on October 4, 2008. #
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