Think your pet looking FUR-ocious in its Halloween costume is just the cutest thing ever? Well, put it to the test. Submit a picture of your animal baby in its fright night finery, and if the voting public agrees, you'll get bragging rights and a prize! (But please don't make this scary for your pet.)

Winners will be announced and can claim their prizes Nov. 1.


First Place
Vahalla Axe Throwing will come to your location Monday through Thursday for 1-hour of axe-throwing for up to 50 people.
Value: $150

Second Place
"Into the Night" scent gift basket from Bath & Body Works
Value: $75

Third Place
TBS Comics & Games gift card
Value: $30


The Panhandle Animal Welfare Society, a.k.a. PAWS, is a nonprofit dedicated to giving unwanted animals refuge, medical care, nourishment, and an opportunity for a second chance at life. We also protect them from cruelty, neglect, carelessness and ignorance. Each year, we handle more than 7,000 animals, and our animal control officers respond to 2,900 cases. Since 1995, our vet clinic has sterilized more than 48,000 animals.

• Pictures with the most votes win the prizes. It can be any kind of pet – a dog, cat, horse, hamster, snake, bearded dragon, tarantula, etc.
• Pictures of wild animals, including that cute lizard on the window screen, do not qualify. Pet rocks also don't qualify.
• Pets must live in Okaloosa, Santa Rosa or Walton counties.
• Pets do NOT have to be PAWS alumni, though we'd love to see their happy lives now!
• Tell your family, friends, co-workers, cashier, pool guy, exterminator – pretty much everyone you know – to vote for your furbaby.
• 1 vote = $1 donation. Proceeds benefit animals waiting to be adopted at the PAWS shelter.
• Vote as many times as you like. Votes will be displayed on the contest page as they come in.
• No people in the photos for privacy reasons.