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‘America’s Favorite Pet’ contest: 2 dogs, a horse, a cow and a goat make it to last five!

The winner will get a $10,000 grand prize and will also get a two-page feature in In Touch Magazine

As the title for ‘America’s Favorite Pet’ gets fierce, here’s a list of all the potential winners who can end up taking a $10,000 grand prize. Among 92 beloved pets, it is the two dogs, a horse, a cow, and a goat that have endured four rounds and come this far with help of public voting. The contest is in its final stages, and currently, group finals are underway, where public votes will decide which pet gets to be the preliminary winner on Thursday, September 29.

The winner will also be featured in In Touch Magazine with a two-page feature article on them. In group D6D17DF2, the pet who’s in the lead is a 2-year-old male Chincoteague pony named Dusty from Assateague Island, Virginia, and he’s training to become a therapeutic riding horse. 

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A 4-year-old female rescue dog, Bailey, is in second place from Horry County, South California, and the pet in the third place is a four-year-old male giant Holstein steer named PayDay.

Coming to the fourth place, we have a three-month-old female Boer goat, called Toodles. She is known for behaving like a dog and loves to enjoy eating graham crackers or ice cream cones. Fifth place is taken by a male cowboy corgi, named Hawk, who is fond of playing under covers, not a fan of broccoli, and "loves to please," as per his competition entry.

As per Fox News Digital, a seven-year-old emotional support alligator named WallyGator is leading a different group currently. The official page of America’s Favourite Pet announced, “WallyGator made the top 5 for America’s Favorite Pet! Thank you again for all of your support and please keep voting at americasfavpet.com/2022/wallygator.” People can enter their vote on AmericasFavPet.com without any charges, where they can register one or two votes, determined by the verification method adopted.

Furthermore, one can also choose to cast 10 to 250 votes via a monetary donation. This will be used to benefit the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (also known as PAWS.org) – a nonprofit shelter and rehabilitation organization based in Lynnwood, Washington.

As per the organizers of the contest, the finalist will be announced on October 27.