Bucs' Bradley Pinion To Draw Names Of People To Adopt Rescue Dogs

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL — Tampa Bay Buccaneers punter Bradley Pinion will draw names to determine who will receive one of the rescued dogs from Hillsborough County Pet Resources. The drawing will take place at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14.

More than 1,300 people have applied to adopt more than 200 dogs seized by court order from a Seminole Heights dog breeder due to neglect.

Pinion, who recently created the #puntforpups program, will randomly draw the names of the new dog owners at the Frederick B. Karl County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. in Tampa. The drawing will be streamed live on the Pet Resource Center’s Facebook page.

Applicants will be notified by email Friday of their status. Those chosen to adopt will select and pick up their dogs on Sunday, Nov. 17, at All People’s Life Center, 6105 E. Sligh Ave. in Tampa. Adopters will be let into the center in small groups of about 15 at a time to select their dogs. Adoptions will begin at 10 a.m.; adopters will be notified in advance of the order in which they can expect to select their dog and an approximate adoption time window.

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Pinion and his wife own three dogs, two of them rescue dogs. Under the #puntforpups program, the Pinions will sponsor a dog at the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center for every Buccaneers punt downed inside the 20-yard line. Each Monday after the game, the Pinions will go to the PRC, pick out the dogs and post them to @thepinionpups on Instagram. Pinion and his wife will pay the adoption fees for the dogs, which will each come with a goodie bag.

Bradley Pinion

Bradley Pinion and his wife have two rescue dogs.

The Pet Resource Center is Hillsborough County’s only open-admissions shelter, meaning all dogs and cats are accepted regardless of size, age, medical condition or breed. The PRC is open for adoptions from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.