Winning Illustration to Appear in the Major Motion Picture Smitty

DENVER, Oct. 4, 2010 – American Humane Association, the nation’s voice for the protection of children and animals, is seeking hand-drawn illustrations that showcase the theme “adopt a shelter dog” for its Smitty Shelter Dog Art Contest. The contest is for children ages 8-12 and will be held during the organization’s Adopt-A-Dog Month® in October.

American Humane Association’s Adopt-A-Dog Month is about the importance of adopting dogs from animal shelters, so it’s only fitting that the organization would partner with the major motion picture Smitty. Scheduled for release in 2011, Smitty is a family movie about a lovable shelter dog’s friendship with a young boy. To celebrate both, American Humane Association created Smitty’s Shelter Dog Art Contest.

A digital version of the contest winner’s illustration – along with the winner’s name, age, hometown and state – will be featured in the actual film in movie theaters across the country!

Smitty received American Humane Association’s Monitored: Outstanding rating and coveted “No Animals Were Harmed”® disclaimer. The film stars Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Peter Fonda, Oscar winners Mira Sorvino and Louis Gossett Jr., and BooBoo Stewart from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

For contest rules and information on how to enter, visit www.americanhumane.org/aadm.

About American Humane Association

Since 1877, the historic American Humane Association has been at the forefront of every major advancement in protecting children, pets and farm animals from abuse and neglect. Today we’re also leading the way in understanding human-animal interaction and its role in society. As the nation’s voice for the protection of children and animals, American Humane Association reaches millions of people every day through groundbreaking research, education, training and services that span a wide network of organizations, agencies and businesses. You can help make a difference, too. Visit American Humane Association at www.americanhumane.org today.