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Finalist Judges for the World's Coolest Dog & Cat Show
While you will pick the finalist in each category our judges will pick the overall winner of each category. The judges will review the finalist from the Day they are announce, November 18th until the winners are announced in early December. The Best in Show dog and cat, however will again be determined by you as well, so make sure to check back in after November 19 and cast your votes!
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 | | Trisha Simmons
Trisha has been acting professionally for the past 25 years. She can currently be seen in the recurring role of Principal Susan Stark in the hit ABC series "Desperate Housewives". Simmons' numerous television credits also include guest-starring roles in CBS' "Without A Trace" and NBC's "ER," as well as co-starring roles in NBC's "West Wing" and CBS "The King of Queens." |
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 | | Julia Szabo
Pet columnist for Country Living and the Sunday New York Post and contributor to House Beautiful and The New York Times Magazine. Author of the new book "The Underdog: A Celebration of Mutts" (Workman
Publishing), she has also appeared on VH1, Animal Planet and NY1 . She shares her home in New York City with 12 rescued dogs and cats. | |
 | | Jo Sullivan
Jo joined the ASPCA in 1999 as Director of Direct Marketing and is currently Senior Vice President of Development and Communications. She is the proud pet parent of two dogs, a hound/beagle mix named Flash and a lab mix named Mickey. She resides in Manhattan. | |
 | | Greg Oehler
As the publisher of The New York Dog & The Hollywood Dog magazines, he is President of Oehler Media Inc, a publishing, marketing and advertising firm. He is pictured here with his dog Yankee. | |
 | | Gina Spadafori
Gina has served on the boards of directors of both the Cat Writers' Association and the Dog Writers Association of America. She is a three-time recipient of the DWAA's Maxwell Medallion for the best newspaper column, and her syndicated pet column has also been honored with a certificate of excellence by the Cat Writers' Association. | |
 | | Rick Smolan
Rick is a former photographer for Time, Life and National Geographic magazines and co-founded the best-selling "Day in the Life..." photography series. His newest publications are the wildly popular Dogs24/7 and Cats24/7 photo books. | |
 | | Eric Barchas, DVM
Eric is a practicing veterinarian who lives and works in San Francisco. His emphasis is on small animal medicine, surgery, and wellness. He is the Dogster and Catster resident veterinarian. An avid traveler, he has studied lions in Botswana and salmon in southern Chile. |
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The World's Coolest Dog & Cat Show
Where the people -- not the pedigree -- decide! |
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