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Brace Yourself: NYC's Cutest Pet is...

Everyone is anxious for the midterm elections—they're just four days away!—but we have one race that we can call. After an exciting competition with more than 1,000 candidates—including campaigns from cats, dogs, rabbits, turtles, fish, birds, a chicken, a horse, a chinchilla, an alpaca—the voters have decided on NYC's Cutest Pet. And it's Shelby.

Shelby!

Shelby is a boxer and pit bull mix from Islip Terrace, Long Island, who rode to victory with the succinct campaign platform "Food, food, food." She was rescued as a puppy in Missouri earlier this year, and arrived at her forever home in May. Her humans, Laura and Joseph Morgillo, said that she was only five pounds when she first arrived, but think Shelby must be around 30 pounds now!

Shelby will use the prize, a $250 Amazon gift certificate, to help Mac's Mission, a non-profit dog rescue organization in Missouri that, yes, rescued Shelby. Mac's Mission works with "pitbulls and underdogs."

We will be meeting Shelby (and Laura and Joseph) soon, but we also wanted to offer some honorable mentions to some of the candidates—runner-up Mochi the mixed breed dog from Manhattan and top cat, Shiro of Queens!

Mocha on the left, Shiro on the right

You can see some other pets we wanted to give honorable mentions to—like "Best Name," "Best Couch," and "Best Pet To Invite To A Party"—here. And don't forget to vote for humans (and their ballot initiatives) on Tuesday!

Go to the Pets

Also, don't forget to vote in the upcoming human election.

General Election Day: Nov. 6, 2018

Find out more about the midterms, absentee voting, and more with our Voter Guide.

Go to the Guide

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