If you’ve ever been to Austin you know that a lot of greatness comes out of Zilker Park. It’s home to the botanical gardens, Barton Springs Pool, and Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL) to name a few, as well as Alex Hopes, aka Zilker Bark, pet photographer extraordinaire.
On June 3, 2017, Hopes and his crew hosted a pet portrait fundraising event at Haymaker off Lowest Greenville. For a $30 donation, dogs received a special one-on-one photo session with Hopes, and their owners got a downloadable pet portrait image file to take home.
“I wanted to do this event for Dallas Pets Alive! because I support what they are doing and what they’re about. Being a no-kill rescue has more than a few challenges, and if I can help raise funds to lighten to load, I’m all for it. Looking forward to working with them again!” says Hopes.
In less than three hours, Zilker Bark raised nearly $3,000, and 100% of the proceeds were donated to our rescue efforts. And we can’t thank him enough!
Take a look below at some of the great shots captured. Three are current adoptable Dallas Pets Alive! Fosters (Rusty, Zephyr, and Suzy) and a few are DPA alumni. It’s always great to see familiar faces.
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Hopes and the Zilker Bark team are traveling across the country this summer to host similar events for other non-kill rescues. If you’d like to support him and his life-saving efforts, consider donating directly to Zilker Bark here.
To see the rest of the amazing photos from the Dallas event, check out their Facebook album.