Published on: 2026-08-25
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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From August 27 to 30, the summer club “Moscow” on Tverskoy Boulevard will turn into a venue where animal welfare is organized as a full-fledged system. A festival will be held here “Mospitomec x Four-legged friend”.
Involving all interested parties—caring citizens, charitable foundations, relevant city departments, and socially responsible businesses—makes this event comprehensive, fills it with meaning, and allows everyone to find a way to participate: take a pet home, help the shelter, receive a consultation from a veterinarian, or simply spend time usefully with yourself and your four-legged friend.
Adoption exhibition: about 250 animals are waiting to meet you
The main event of the festival is an adoption exhibition. About 250 dogs and cats from shelters in Moscow and charitable organizations will participate. You can meet the animals daily from 12:00 to 18:00 in the rotundas of Tverskoy Boulevard. Every day, the animals available for adoption will change.
All pets are healthy, vaccinated, and ready to be relocated. At the cat and dog festival, volunteers and shelter specialists accompany them. They help the animals settle in, introduce them to potential owners, provide consultations, and ensure that the wards feel calm in their new environment.
For those who decide to take home a cat or dog, the “Mospitomets” service https://pets.mos.ru/ together with the festival partner, the “Four Paws” store, have prepared starter “recruit kits” — gifts that will help take care of the pet during the first period.
If you cannot take the animal but want to help
Anyone can do a good deed at the festival, even if taking a cat or dog home is not possible. Kind initiatives are offered by the event’s partners. In the pavilion of the pet store “Four Paws,” a special “basket of kindness” will be set up. There, you can purchase food, treats, and essential supplies for shelter animals. Another resident of the summer club “Moscow” invited an artist who will draw sketches of owners with their pets for a donation starting from 200 rubles to animal aid funds.
In addition, it will be possible to offer help and find out what kind of support is needed most directly from representatives of 12 verified and responsible foundations specializing in working with animals, who will be present on the festival grounds throughout all the festival days.
Mobile veterinary station and cynological site
An important part of caring for a pet is responsibly taking care of its health and conducting timely preventive measures, such as mandatory rabies vaccination. Therefore, every owner, even if there are no problems, should visit the mobile veterinary station: here you can get a free clinical examination and consult a specialist, and pets will also be offered rabies vaccination, nail trimming, and ear cleaning. It will also be possible to register the pet.
The physical health of animals, like that of humans, depends on their psycho-emotional state. Therefore, an integral part of the festival will be a canine training area, where practical workshops and useful lectures will take place. For example, an experienced canine consultant from the “Pets in Moscow” project of the Mayor of Moscow’s “My District” program will share secrets of basic commands and the basics of training. During breaks between sessions, the attending canine trainer will explain how to properly work on barriers, swings, and slides. Right there, those who decide to adopt an animal from the shelter will be able to receive advice from animal psychologists.
Brands that love animals
A wide variety of domestic pet industry brands will present goods on the pavilion shelves. Whatever their focus — from clothing and toys to food and medicines — they are united by a love for animals, and therefore responsible attitude toward products at every stage. Innovative materials, quality selection of raw materials, care for four-legged buyers as if they were their own pets: purchases here are not only an expression of care for the animal, but also support for socially responsible entrepreneurs.
The festival is held by the metropolitan Department of Trade and Services, urban infrastructure complex, Committee on Public Relations and Youth Policy of the city and Moscow City Veterinary Committee as part of the “Summer in Moscow” project.
Events for four-legged friends and their owners are already taking place on Tverskoy Boulevard in anticipation of the festival. The current schedule can be found on the summer club’s poster page “Moscow”.
More information about the activities of the capital city Department of Trade and Services — in official channel departments in “Max”.
“Summer in Moscow” — the main event of the season, which has already become a good tradition and an integral part of the city’s life. The main theme this year is “Time to be together.” The project unites people of different generations around common values, allowing them to become closer not only to their relatives but also to the entire city through walks, cultural and sports events, charity drives, as well as right next to their homes in all districts of the capital.
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