Although most people are animal lovers, many influencers take it to the next level. While some have adopted and fostered shelter pets, others have volunteered at local shelters and are taking to social media to showcase their passions for helping all kinds of furry friends. Many influencers use their platforms to raise awareness about pet adoption and find homes for furry pals. Get to know these shelter pet influencers who are advocating for pet adoption and fostering.
Top shelter pet influencers
Munchie
Munchie has attracted 74.6K YouTube subscribers with videos of her foster-based rescue for small mammals, which includes hamsters, gerbils and mice. She supports local shelters and rescues and shares tips on care, pet product reviews and rehoming. Watch some of the videos on her playlist of the Rescue’s Foster Animals.
Hannah Shaw
Known to her 1.5M YouTube subscribers as “Kitten Lady,” Hannah describes herself as a “professional kitten rescuer, bestselling author, and humane educator on a mission to change the world for the tiniest felines.” Her instructional videos cover everything from e-tube feeding, weighing kittens, dealing with fleas, and litter training. She also offers an entire kitten care webinar series, live streams, and a playlist of videos that discusses issues in animal welfare, including an inside look at programs that save lives.
Jackson Galaxy
Affectionately known as “The Cat Daddy,” Jackson is the host and executive producer of Animal Planet’s “My Cat From Hell.” He has also written multiple books, worked in a shelter and spent over 25 years educating people about cats. From declawing and behavior issues to what cats love and hate, Jackson is dedicated to helping people who foster and adopt cats. He has more than 1.8M subscribers.
Hannah Feder
Hannah has rescued puppies, chicks, goats, bunnies, turtles, monkeys, ducks, and even peacock eggs. Her channel is filled with adorable videos, from playdates for her monkey and feeding all her animals to adopting new puppies. Hannah talks about how to foster from the Humane Society but admits that it’s sometimes heartbreaking to say goodbye after the pets you’ve raised leave for their forever home.
Scotty’s Animals
Scotty volunteers at the Los Angeles Guinea Pig Rescue but has also worked for several animal welfare organizations that rescue cats, birds, reptiles, amphibians, rabbits, mice, rats, and hamsters. As an expert guinea pig fostering parent, he shares tips on guinea pig nutrition and feeding, potty training and everything you need to know to adopt. If you want to see his “Piggy Bunch,” watch his playlist of guinea pig introductions.
Katie Grissum
Katie makes videos of shelter pets from KC Pet Project that she shares with her 3.1M followers on TikTok. Although she admits she’s more of a dog person and most of her content focuses on adoptable dogs, she also captures some shelter cats and goats. Whether you’re looking for a small dog or a larger breed, you’ll find a fur baby to adopt in Kate’s videos.
Marina
Marina works at an animal shelter and shares videos about animal rescues, adoptable cats and dogs, and some heartbreaking stories of how animals end up in shelters. But there are also inspiring videos of fun inside the shelter, including animal art day, fun in the snow, and playing in a baby pool.
Rocky Kanaka
Rocky has amassed 3.35M YouTube subscribers with his Emmy-nominated Netflix show, “Save Our Shelter” and “Dog’s Day Out.” He has traveled to North America to raise awareness for homeless pets and creates uplifting content, like homeless dogs’ first times at the beach. Treat yourself to the video of this sweet puppy finally finding a home after five years.
Rachel Fusaro
Having fostered more than 60 rescue dogs, Rachel now uses her platform to educate new and potential pet owners to help keep dogs out of shelters. She offers tips on picking a dog from a shelter or rescue, introducing dogs and cats safely, and getting through the first night with a puppy. There are also tips on fostering dogs, teaching kids about fostering, and videos with healthy food examples to feed your puppies.
Stephanie Moratto
With more than 40 pets — including horses, donkeys, cows, pigs, goats, dogs, cats, and chickens, Stephanie is a huge advocate for rescuing, fostering, and adopting animals. Lift your spirits with her video of life with nine rescue puppies or a winter night routine with all the animals. Curious about what it costs to own a horse in 2023? Stephanie has all the answers on her channel.
Laura — lauradardyy
As an advocate for shelter pet adoption, Laura uses her TikTok to encourage others to take home sweet furry friends. From kittens, pigs, and precious pups, Laura’s feed has a variety of shelter animals. She fills her TikTok with posts of new animals, morning routines with some of the cats, and snack time with some of the dogs.
KC Pet Project
With a following of more than 1.3M, KC Pet Project is one of the most popular shelter pet adoptions accounts on TikTok. KC Pet Project’s goal is to create a better community for pets and people, and their TikTok page does just that. Their feed is full of precious pups still looking for a home, sweet stories of families finding the perfect shelter pet, and what life is like for the animals at their shelter.
Kimberly and Josh the Doodle
As the founder of the Be Like Josh Foundation, Kimberly is an advocate for canines with disabilities and encourages more than 315K Instagram followers to adopt and foster all kinds of puppies. Her foundation supports all kinds of sweet pups and allows families to find the perfect dog. Kimberly fills her Instagram with inspiring photos of her dog Josh, who has neurological disabilities.
Jonathan
You may have known Noodle the pug from the popular TikTok posts called “Bones or No Bones Day.” His owner Jonathan is a great example of an adoption advocate and their TikTok is encouraging to 4.5M other users. Although Noodle has recently passed, Jonathan encourages others to adopt senior dogs and shares his love for adopted animals through posts of his newest additions.
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