Jenny McCarthy co-hosted a pet contest; raised $8 million for 25-acre centre

Image: Left/Actor, producer, and New Kids on the Block singer, Donnie Wahlberg, and actress, host, and advocate, Jenny McCarthy/Right/Cat Influencer Nala/AmericasFavPet Every year, millions of pet owners treat their dogs and cats as family, and one national campaign turned that devotion into rescue funding. America's Favourite Pet, hosted by animal advocates Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg, invited the public to vote for animals online while raising money for a Washington-based nonprofit that rescues domestic animals and heals injured wildlife. The 2026 edition continued that mission, supporting an organisation whose newest facility is a twenty-five-acre wildlife rehabilitation centre. This article explains how the competition worked, where the donations went, what the funds ultimately built, and how ordinary pet owners took part nationwide.How the America's Favourite Pet 2026 online voting competition works for dog and cat owners nationwideAmerica's Favourite Pet is an annual online competition organised by Colossal, a professional fundraising organisation, according to the company's November 2025 news release. In 2026, dog and cat owners registered one companion per household ...