50,000 Photos and Still Going Strong
The National Petrait Gallery now contains over 50,000 pet photos and the numbers keep rising everyday!
The National Petrait Gallery aims to break the world record for the world’s largest photo exhibition and provide a unique photo showcase for the nation to demonstrate their true love of pets.
To encourage people to upload their pet photos to the site when it was first launched, Zoe Salmon (former Blue Peter presenter) stepped into the frame, literally a huge gilt portrait frame, posing with a giant rabbit, a Border terrier puppy and a ginger kitten. Whilst the giant rabbit made the scene look like something from Alice in Wonderland, Zoe was actually on London’s Southbank in front of the London Eye, a popular dog walking spot in the heart of London.
Zoe said “It’s great that there is now a dedicated gallery for the nation’s pet lovers to share photos of their pets as well be part of a Guinness World Record attempt. It’s amazing just how many different types of pets there are. Looking through the site I have already seen the obvious cute cats and dogs but there is also a donkey, a skunk and even an ant eater – imagine taking that for a walk! It’s so easy to upload images, and everyone loves a cute pet photo”.
The Petrait gallery is open for Britain to step forward and show it is truly a nation of pet lovers. The final celebration of the Petrait Gallery will be a public exhibition of every single animal photo. Petplan will need more than 101 Dalmatian’s to break this world record, the current record stands at 138,355 photo’s in a gallery...that’s a lot of feathers, fur and fun!
Alison Andrew, Petplan’s Marketing Top Dog explained the gallery: “We know that pets play a very special role in the lives of our customers. Over the years, we have received thousands of letters and pet photos from policyholders detailing how important their pets are, how they make them laugh, how they have provided real companionship and, in some cases, how they have even saved a life. We wanted to find a unique way to capture how strongly people feel about their pets.”
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