The canine festival will feature pet-friendly vendors, exciting contests, on-site adoptions and plenty more.

During the month of April, the Houston Humane Society is offering $23 adoptions for pets that have been at the shelter for more than three months.

Nearly 300 South Koreans who were adopted by European and American parents as children are demanding that South Korea investigate their adoptions, which they suspect were based on falsified documents that laundered their real status or identities as agencies raced to export children.

NBC ‘Superstore’ actress Lauren Ash may be best known as ‘Dina’ on the hit show, but now she’s asking Houston pet lovers to step up and save lives for the Best Friends Animal Society’s virtual ‘Strut Your Mutt’ day. The actress is the spokesperson for the annual event, which will take place virtually on Oct. 24. Participating Houston groups in this year’s Best Friends Strut Your Mutt include:- Houston Pets Alive! - K-9 Angels Rescue- Rescued Pets Movement- Rock-A-Bully and Friends Rescue- Special Pals- Best Friends in HoustonTo learn more or to register for Strut Your Mutt, visit www.strutyourmutt.org. Watch Lauren Kelly and Lauren Ash talk about the big upcoming event.