Recent Press Releases

Best Friends Animal Society and Rockingham County Animal Shelter Partner to Save At-Risk Cats
Best Friends Animal Society Announces the Passing of Beloved Co-founder and Animal Welfare Pioneer Faith Maloney
California Animal Welfare Funders Collaborative awards nearly $300,000 in grants to animal shelters across the state
Over 550 Animal Organizations Across the Country Join Forces to Help Pets During Best Friends Animal Society’s Second National Adoption Weekend July 22-24
Trisha Yearwood Makes Surprise Appearance at Pet Food Drive to Benefit Best Friends’ Pet Food Pantry
Best Friends Animal Society Releases New Data Showing Increase in Number of Dogs and Cats Killed in U.S. Shelters for the First Time in Five Years
Best Friends Animal Society Applauds Arizona Legislature for the Passage of House Bill 2323
New Dog Breed Study Could Have Far-Reaching Impacts in Animal Welfare, According to Best Friends Animal Society
Best Friends Animal Society Adopts Out Bella the Tripod Pit Bull, Who Chewed Off Leg to Escape Neglect, to Couple Who Vow to “Spoil Her Rotten”
Best Friends Animal Society Applauds Arizona House for the Passage of Bill 2323
Best Friends Animal Society Applauds the Florida Senate for Passing SB 614
Best Friends Animal Society Awards More Than $120,000 in Grants and Distributions to Partner Shelters and Rescue Organizations in Northwest Arkansas
Best Friends Animal Society Teams Up with Caesars Sportsbook to Help Save Kittens
Best Friends Animal Society Recognized as a Top Workplace in USA for 2022
Animal Shelter Crisis 2022: 100,000 More Shelter Pets At-Risk of Being Killed Now Than This Time Last Year Due to Pandemic Problem
National Black Caucus of State Legislators Passes Best Friends Animal Society Resolution on Dog Breed Restriction
Best Friends Animal Society’s Partner, Horry County, Passes Laws to Reduce Shelter Crowding and Improve Animal Welfare
Best Friends Animal Society Speaks with Women Legislators from Across the Country
Best Friends Animal Society Urges the Support of the Pets Belong with Families Act to Keep Pets and People Together
Best Friends Animal Society Among 2021 Top Workplaces and CEO Julie Castle Wins Leadership Award
Best Friends Animal Society’s Strut Your Mutt Day is October 23
With Hurricane Ida Approaching the Northern Gulf Coast, Shelters are in Urgent Need of Fosters
Best Friends Animal Society Now Able to Accept Cryptocurrency Donations
Black Cat Appreciation Day is August 17, Celebrate by Saving a Life
Best Friends Animal Society Urges Adoptions in Wake of Pandemic-Related Shelter Challenges
Best Friends Animal Society Releases Data Showing Most Significant Annual Decrease in Animals Killed in Shelters
Illinois Legislature Passes Four Major Bills to Improve Animal Welfare
Best Friends Animal Society Announces Humane Pet Sales Laws Now Passed in Over 400 Jurisdictions
Texas House Passes Bill to End Dog Breed Discrimination in Public Housing
Best Friends Animal Society Applauds Illinois Department of Natural Resources Policy Change on Feral Cats
Emmylou Harris, Amanda Seyfried and more set to appear in "Songs to Save Them All" livestream concert benefitting Best Friends Animal Society
Kitten Season is Anything but Cute for Animal Shelters... Best Friends Animal Society Offers Tips on How You Can Help
Best Friends Animal Society Named 2021 Animal Welfare Nonprofit Brand of the Year
City of Los Angeles Animal Shelters Reach No-Kill for the First Time Ever
Best Friends Animal Society Named to Fast Company's Annual List of the World's Most Innovative Companies for 2021
Best Friends Animal Society Offers Tips to Keep Your Pets Safe During the First COVID-19 Holiday Season
COVID companion to forever friend: Tips to find the perfect pooch during Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
Lauren Ash Encourages Pet Lovers to Step Up and Save Lives with Best Friends Animal Society's Virtual Strut Your Mutt Day on Oct. 24
Best Friends Animal Society's 2020 Pet Lifesaving Findings Show About 625,000 Dogs and Cats are Killed Annually in U.S. Shelters
Best Friends Announces Nation's First University-Endorsed Animal Services Executive Leadership Program
Regional Pet Resource Center to Open in Bentonville and Serve Northwest Arkansas
Local Rescue Groups and Shelters Form Coalition with Best Friends Animal Society to Create Northwest Arkansas Partnership for Animal Welfare
Best Friends Animal Society's Strut Your Mutt Returns
Best Friends Animal Society Launches First-of-its-Kind Data Dashboard to Mobilize Communities Around 2025 Lifesaving Goal
"Alexa/Google: How Do I Crate Train a Puppy?"
Leading voice in animal law joins Best Friends Animal Society
Best Friends Animal Society, Supporters Celebrate as S1923 Becomes Law, Giving Survivors of Dog Fighting a Second Chance
How Pet Lovers Can ‘Pay It Forward' To Help Homeless Dogs and Cats
Leader in creating lifesaving strategies at animal shelters joins Best Friends Animal Society
Best Friends Animal Society Enlists Microsoft's Social Bot, Zo, To Help Find Felines Friends & Homes on Black Cat Day
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY HIRES JOSE OCANO AS PACIFIC REGION DIRECTOR
Best Friends Animal Society Opens First Pet Adoption Center in New York
Best Friends Animal Society's NKLA Initiative Helps LA City Shelters Hit a Record 82.7% Save Rate in 2016
Statement regarding the movie, A Dog's Purpose
Best Friends Animal Society Hires Brent Toellner as Regional Director, Great Plains and South Central Regions
$2.5 Million Patricia Levitt Medical Fund Established at Best Friends Animal Society Will Help New York's Most At-Risk Shelter Pets
$2.5 Million Patricia Levitt Medical Fund Established at Best Friends Animal Society Will Help New York's Most At-Risk Shelter Pets
Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption Merger
Zappos and Best Friends Animal Society Win Accolades for Cause Campaign Building a Better World…And the Bottom Line
Best Friends Animal Society/Supporters Celebrate Assembly Passage of Bill to Give Canine Survivors of Dog Fighting a Second Chance
Best Friends Animal Society Named 2016 Animal Welfare Non-profit ‘Brand of the Year' by Harris Poll EquiTrend®
The Animal Foundation Teams Up with Best Friends Animal Society To Save 15,000 Cats in Las Vegas
BOBS from Skechers Unveils Limited Edition, Pet-Themed Collection to Celebrate $3 Million Commitment to Best Friends Animal Society
"The Champions" Documentary to be Available March 1 for Download
Best Friends Animal Society Partners with Charitable Adult Rides and Services for a Car Donation Program to Help Homeless Pets
Looking for Love That Lasts? Best Friends Animal Society Can Help You Adopt a Pet to Realize Those #RelationshipGoals
Instinct Pet Food to Provide More Than 1 Million High-Quality, Grain-Free Meals to Homeless Dogs and Cats
Award-winning actress Allison Janney lends her voice to campaign for America's shelter dogs and cats
Best Friends Animal Society Celebrates More Than 100 U.S. Communities That Ban Retail Sale of Commercially Bred Puppies and Kittens
Freddy's Biped, TV Personality Mike Rowe, Advocates for Shelter Dogs and Cats
Leading National Animal Welfare Organizations Launch Shelter Animals Count: The National Database Project
Powerhouse Business Leaders Bring Their Talent for Success to Help Shelter Pets
Veterinarians Volunteer Holiday Weekend to Perform Dental Work at Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah
Skechers Donates $3 Million to Save Dogs' and Cats' Lives
Zosia Mamet, Denise Richards and Others Lead the Pack for Best Friends Animal Society's Strut Your Mutt National Fundraising Walks
Emmy Rossum is shameless when it comes to helping shelter dogs and cats
Best Friends Animal Society Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of No-Kill Utah Initiative
Your Game Day Pal is Waiting … Sweet 16 Reasons To Adopt A Pet During March Madness
Not Feeling The Love This Valentine's Day? 14 Reasons "The One" For You May Have 4 Legs
Celebrity dog Finn and his star ‘mom' Amanda Seyfried join Best Friends' Save Them All campaign
New Survey Reveals More Than Two in Five Americans Don't Realize Pet Shop Puppies Are Bred in Inhumane Mills
National ‘9 Lives for $9' Cat Adoption Promotion This June: Best Friends Animal Society and Partnering Rescue Groups, Shelters
Jackson Galaxy, star of Animal Planet's ‘My Cat From Hell' lends his support to Best Friends Animal Society ‘Save Them All' campaign
House Bill 1116 Would Enhance Public Safety, Protect Pet Owners' Property Rights
L.A. Court Orders Barkworks to Disclose Source of Puppies for Sale
Hit Series ‘Parks and Recreation' Shoots Scene at Best Friends Pet Adoption & Spay/Neuter Center
Best Friends Animal Society offers $1,000 reward for information leading to arrest, conviction in animal welfare case where cat was shot with arrow
LA city animal shelter deaths plummet by nearly half during first two years of Best Friends Animal Society's NKLA initiative
St. George, Best Friends working together to save lives of community cats
Best Friends Animal Society launches nationwide holiday adoption promotion to save the lives of shelter pets
Best Friends Animal Society spotlights family pets in groundbreaking Instagram PSA campaign
Best Friends Animal Society innovative program saves shelter dogs' lives, trains them for careers
ASPCA, Best Friends Animal Society Join Forces to Subsidize Shelter Fees for Rescue Groups in Los Angeles
No More Homeless Pets Conference comes to Jacksonville, on heels of Best Friends' ‘Save Them All' call-to-action rollout
Half of Americans Uninformed about the Thousands of Shelter Pets Killed Every Day
11 cities preparing for ‘Strut Your Mutt' events
National experts from Best Friends Animal Society offer free workshops to save more shelter dogs and cats
Best Friends opens NKLA Adoption Center; No Kill moves to next level in Los Angeles
Best Friends decries study calling for eradication of community cats
"True Blood" Actress & Four-Legged Leading Man Star in NKLA Public Service Announcement
Civic Officials, Sugar House community celebrate opening of new Best Friends Pet Adoption Center
NASCAR Driver Michael Annett Visits Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
Best Friends supports Pompano Beach momentum to adopt humane population control for community cats
California Prison Urged to Lift Ban on Feeding Cats
NHL Star Visits Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
Best Friends says farewell to Vicktory Dog, Lucas after a long battle with severe health issues
‘9 Lives for $9' cat adoption promotion June 21-30: Best Friends partners with rescue groups, shelters
Best Friends Animal Society Celebrates Passage, Signing of Nevada Assembly Bill 110, Banning Dog Breed Discrimination
Best Friends Animal Society study links abnormal behaviors to canines sold in pet stores
Peter Wolf, national expert on community cats, joins community programs team at Best Friends
Five years after rescue from Michael Vick's dog fighting operation, ‘Vicktory Dogs' triumphant in Best Friends Animal Society reunion
Number of Lives Saved at L.A. Animal Services Continues to Trend Upward with Latest Statistics
West Valley Animal Services succeeds with three no-kill months in 2012
California Pet Stores Continue to Pull Up Stakes; Burbank City Council Vote Fuels National Trend
NKLA coalition celebrates record-breaking, lifesaving month for city shelter dogs, cats
Barkworks Vacates Westside Pavilion Location; Sales of Puppy Mill Dogs Come to Abrupt End
NKLA coalition efforts on-track for No-Kill December in L.A. city shelters
Best Friends Animal Society Collects, Distributes Pet Supplies to Sandy-impacted New York animal shelters
2nd Annual National Animal Shelter Check-in Day helps local shelters save homeless pets' lives thru social media
Pennsylvania Animal Welfare Executive tapped by Best Friends to lead NKLA
Best Friends Animal Society's Emergency Response Fund, Ground Team, Volunteers to Ease Sandy Suffering
L.A. becomes largest city to ban sale of dogs, cats, rabbits
No More Homeless Pets® Conference this weekend prepares attendees to return home, save animal lives
PetSmart Charities® and Best Friends Animal Society® Save Lives of ‘Community Cats' in Albuquerque
Killing in L.A. Shelters drops nearly 16 percent in first five months of 2012 as NKLA takes off
PetSmart Charities® , Best Friends Animal Society® announce project, funding to save lives of San Antonio's ‘community cats'
Let There Be Dragons-led campaign spreads word: ‘Los Angeles can, will become no-kill by 2017'
Away from the track, NASCAR driver Ryan Newman Goes to the Dogs
San Antonio Pets Alive! Receives $300,000 Grant from National Animal Welfare Organization Best Friends Animal Society
Get Ready Portland for Strut Your Mutt Saturday, Sept. 29, at Laurelhurst Park
‘Big Fix' comes to Circleville area
Sidewalk Chalk Art for Animals to take place Saturday, July 16 in Honey's Parking Lot ‘canvas'
‘Mutts on the Mall' Helps Change Perceptions of Pit-Bull-Terrier-Type Dogs - One Wag at a Time
PetSmart Charities® Grant to Help Save Rancho-area Pit Bull Terrier-Type Dogs
PetSmart Charities® Grant Will Help Save D.C.-area Pit Bull Terrier-Type Dogs
PetSmart Charities® Grant to Help Save San Diego-area Pit Bull Terrier-Type Dogs
Ernie Sims Encourages Responsible Dog Ownership This Saturday at Progress Village Park in Tampa
Pit Bulls Proclaim, "Erin Go Daugh!" While Strutting in Sunday's St. Patrick's Day Parade
PetSmart Charities® Grant to Help Save Baltimore-area Pit Bull Terrier-Type Dogs
Denise Richards debuts new animal adoption segment for Best Friends Animal Society on ‘Access Hollywood Live'
Ernie Sims Kicks Off Series of Talks Encouraging Responsible Dog Ownership This Saturday
Best Friends Animal Society Proudly Presents: The ‘ACATemy Awards' This Saturday at Monmouth County SPCA
Best Friends Proudly Presents: The ‘ACATemy Awards' This Saturday at Hotel Palomar
Open Your Heart, Say ‘J'adore' to an Adoptable Pet
PetSmart Charities® Grant to Help Save Tampa-area Pit Bull Terrier-Type Dogs
Best Friends' Attorney Testifies in Support of HB 14
Celebrate the New Year with a New Furry Friend
Nebraska circular advocating killing cats based on poor science
Sports Illustrated writer, Michael Vick dog turned therapy pooch, at national No More Homeless Pets® Conference this week in Vegas
Best Friends Animal Society cat expert keynote speaker at feral cat symposium
Hallmark Channel's Premiere of You Lucky Dog Teams Up with Best Friends' Adoption Option to Raise Awareness for Pet Adoption
Celebrities, dogs, Best Friends party prior to Oprah's Live Your Best Life Walk
Best Friends Animal Society, Much Love Animal Rescue Team Up to Promote ACATemy Awards This Weekend
Community Training Partners Program: Learning Canine Couth
Best Friends Animal Society, No More Homeless Pets in Utah Will Join Together in Howly Muttrimony Sunday Morning
Spectacular Stars Stroll Red Carpet at Pawscars Ceremony
Shelter Access The Bottom Line In Kellner / Duane Debate: Argument and Recrimination About Oreo Obscure The Issue
Allowing breed discrimination laws would be expensive for the Sunshine State
Castle named CEO of Best Friends Animal Society
Shelter Staff, Volunteers Discover Positive Power of Playtime for Pit Bulls, Other Local Shelter Dogs
Opposition to TNR for Homeless Cats Misguided ... Says National Animal Welfare Organization