When the COVID pandemic practically shut down Nashville's animal shelters, a volunteer photographer tried something different ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Nashville animal shelter volunteer Adrian Budnick was looking ideas to showcase the adoptable dogs on social ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For over a decade, Adrian Budnick has taken adoption photos of the dogs at Nashville's county animal shelter, but it wasn't until the COVID pandemic that an idea came to her.

The primary reason behind the feat is Budnick’s quirky way of promoting the shelter’s dogs. Metro Animal Care and Control has seen other benefits besides an increase in followers and adoptions.

Since then she has promoted the adoption of such imaginative dog breeds as the “Teacup werewolf” and the “Speckled freckled cuddle calf.” Then there’s the “French baguette long lady ...

Since then she has promoted the adoption of such imaginative dog breeds as the “Teacup werewolf” and the “Speckled freckled cuddle calf.” Then there's the “French baguette long lady ...

So much so that she went back the next day to make another one “because I’m like, I can’t let this go.” Since then she has promoted the adoption of such imaginative dog breeds as the “Teacup werewolf” ...

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