Community-wide 90 percent save rate is a rejection of the catch-and-kill model, an indicator of application of no-kill policies and is a threshold, not an end goal.
The future of animal services must begin with a fully informed and engaged community of animal lovers.
Lucky German shepherd from Harris County Animal Shelter finds home with Best Friends’ Francis Battista and illustrates the importance of adopting pets.
Rather than typical prison-like structures, animal shelters in the future are expected to be more like community animal resource centers.
Best Friends co-authors position statement calling for transparency in data provided by animal shelters.
The first 70 of 800 dogs from south Texas are on the road to shelters in Colorado and New Mexico to find loving homes.
Best Friends assists with lifesaving efforts at under-resourced and over-burdened shelter in Edinburg, Texas.
Best Friends closer to opening a much-needed, and strategically important, lifesaving center in Houston.
Kitten inspires Dr. Kate Hurley to attend veterinary school, co-found the Million Cat Challenge and revolutionize shelter medicine.
