Animal Planet Dangles Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Animal Planet has launched a sweepstakes touting a trip to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The winners also gets to meet Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and four investigators from Animal Planet's Heroes programming, Animal Precinct, Animal Cops: Detroit, Animal Cops: Houston and Miami Animal Police, who will ride on Animal Planet's float in the parade.

The sweeps began this week and runs through Nov. 6. The winner gets four round-trip tickets, four VIP tickets to the parade, five days and four nights accommodations and photos with the celebrities. Players can enter the sweeps at Discovery.com. This is the sixth year Animal Planet appears in the parade.

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