Dog lovers and their hounds turned out in their hundreds at Cooroy on Sunday for the RSPCA’s Million Paws Walk.
Dogs of all shapes and sizes and their humans joined in the walk around the town of Cooroy from a starting point at Apex Park where they enjoyed a few competitions and browsed the stalls.
This year’s event focused its fundraising on supporting the fight against animal cruelty.
Throughout the years the Millions Paws Walk has been instrumental in raising funds to fight animal cruelty and provide care for dogs in RSPCA shelters.
The largest event on the canine calendar, the Million Paws Walk is the RSPCA’s largest annual fundraising event and has been running for 29 years.
The inaugural Walk was held in 1994 at Brisbane’s New Farm Park to raise vital funds and community awareness for animals in need.
It’s since grown to be a popular annual event in every state and territory throughout Australia, including nine walks in Queensland, in Brisbane, Cairns, Mackay, Rockhampton, Hervey Bay, Noosa, Dakabin and Toowoomba.
Joining the walk in Brisbane was Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, and her beloved groodle Winton, who announced a $100,000 donation from the government, at the start line of the event.
“The RSPCA does stellar work in protecting pets and wildlife and our government is proud to help support them in their pet-saving endeavours,” she said.
