If you work at or volunteer with a North Jersey animal shelter or rescue, send your adoptable pets to amwallace@usatodayco.com to be featured.

This week’s adoptable pets are ready to boost your serotonin. So don’t wait, head out and meet your new best friend today!

B and R Bunkhouse has a five-year-old dog named Tigger available for adoption, and Goldfinch Tattoo Company is hosting Flash Day for Paws on March 7 to benefit the shelter.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — “Pets are a massive part of the family, so it’s right that we try to mitigate their carbon paw print in whatever way we can, and pet food is the biggest one,” says Gudrun Ravetz, ...