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The State of U.S. Animal Sheltering, 2020

The State of U.S. Animal Sheltering, 2019

Every year, nearly 10 million pets go missing — but shockingly, only 20.2% of dogs that enter shelters make it back to their families. That’s why Best Friends Animal Society is teaming up with local shelters to reunite lost dogs right in their neighborhoods, keeping them with their families and s…

Thirteen years ago, dogs seized from dogfighting busts were considered by most organizations to be too dangerous, too damaged, too traumatized to be rehabilitated. So it was no surprise that the effort to save the dogs from the Michael Vick dogfighting case was controversial. Some in our line of wor…

Julie Castle, the CEO of Best Friends Animal Society, was the first-ever guest on The Best Friends Podcast, and we were excited to have her back for episode number 52! It's not even been a year since we last spoke, but we had plenty of things to discuss in what has been a very tumultuous year for ou…

This week is part two from our conversation with Julie Castle, the CEO of Best Friends. This part of the interview seemed to be especially fitting this week, given the events in animal welfare and the world-at-large, as Julie talks about hope, Jane Goodall, and the power of belief.

Neonatal kittens are one of the most vulnerable populations in animal shelters. The resources necessary to save them haven’t always been available but that has changed over the last few years. An ever-growing, committed group of volunteers has offered a lifeline to newborn kittens.

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