New Haven Pet Madness: Is your best friend our champion?

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March sports offer drama, suspense, action and this year in New Haven: adorable pets.

Is your best friend both fierce and furry? Ferocious and feathered? Competitive and cuddly? Skilled and scaly? Then maybe your pet has what it takes to be our New Haven Pet Madness champion.

From now until March 1, we're looking for New Haven's strongest pet competitors —on land, in the water, or in the air— to enter a bracket-style, single-elimination competition.

A photo and some basic details are all that's needed to get your pet in the running for this March head-to-head, multi-round contest.

Find the entry form here

Ultimately, winners are decided by popular vote and “coach” campaigning is encouraged. Great images, clever answers, social media savvy and a sense of humor are valuable competitor and coach skills.

Photo: Staff New Haven Register pet madness contest submission form.

One pet competitor will become the New Haven Pet Madness champion, earning a prize for themselves as well as a gift for the pet charity of their choice. Competitors will be featured in the New Haven Register and at www.nhregister.com through March.

Entries deadline is March 1. Emails lisa.yanicklitwiller@hearstmediact.com with questions.