National Puppy Day: Visit Your Local Animal Shelter and Adopt

ALEXANDRIA, VA — Today is National Puppy Day, and the organizers are encouraging everyone to visit their local animal shelter and adopt a homeless pooch.

Animal shelters in Northern Virginia and across America are filled with puppies looking for a new home. If you're looking for a new companion, check out the pooches on the Facebook page of the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria. They have plenty of pups ready for adoption, as well as cats, rabbits and other pets.

National Puppy Day: Have you seen these lost pets?

The Animal Welfare League is at 4101 Eisenhower Ave. in Alexandria, and the phone number is 703-746-4774. For more information, click here.

The Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation, in the Falls Church area, is celebrating March Madness with the arrival of a cute new group of puppies.

They'll be available for adoption in a couple of weeks after they're vaccinated and spayed or neutered. "In the meantime, they will be the recipients of a whole lot of love in a foster home," the foundation says on its Facebook page.

To find out more about adoptions at the Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation, click here, or call them at (703) 295-DOGS (3647).

National Puppy Day is getting plenty of shout-outs on social media. Here's one from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department:

For more info on National Puppy Day, click here.

Image: Facebook photo courtesy of Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation