Video Roundup: Happy National Pet Day

Video Roundup
04/11/2016
KEXP
Star Anna, with her beloved pup, Forest // photo by Amber Knecht (view set)

Snuggle your fur babies close: it's National Pet Day, a celebration founded in 2006 "to celebrate the joy pets bring to our lives and to create public awareness about the plight of many different kinds of animals awaiting a forever home in shelters and rescues all around the globe." You can celebrate by adopting a pet, volunteering, or donating to a local shelter. If you've already got a furry, feathered, or scaled companion, give 'em a special treat for the occasion, or maybe a new toy. And enjoy this pet-inspired playlist below:


written by Newsom for her then-dog, a white Labrador named Sadie


written about band member Armistead Burwell Smith IV's fish


written by Paul McCartney for his beloved sheep dog, Martha


written by Rhett Miller about losing a friend's cat (the cat did return)


written by Robert Plant for his beloved dog, Strider


Golden Globe-winning song from the 1972 movie of the same name about a rat

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