Carrie Underwood spoke about the importance of dog adoption today during a press conference with Franklin-based Mars Petcare. The award-winning country music singer has joined the sixth annual Pedigree Adoption Drive, which was started by Mars Petcare to help feed dogs in shelters. During the press conference, Pedigree presented Underwood with a check for $50,000 to help build an animal shelter in her hometown of Checotah, Okla.

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