Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 53: Deadly Texas Weather Brings Together Lifesaving Partnerships Right now, hundreds of people representing dozens of shelters and rescue organizations are working tirelessly to help those who need assistance due to the winter storm th... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 52: Julie Castle Returns! 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... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 51: Serving the Underserved in Rural America On this episode of The Best Friends Podcast, we take our first look at this issue of underserved communities in rural America. What is the data telling us? And we learn h... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 50: Francis Battista It's the 50th episode of The Best Friends Podcast! To celebrate the milestone, we sat down with one of the co-founders of Best Friends, Francis Battista. Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 49: A new day for animal sheltering in the United States If we’re going to meet the goal of ending the killing of pets in animal shelters, we need to redefine the relationship the community has with animal shelters. What is the... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 48: Strategy: paving the way to achieving your mission This week we look at how one organization has used strategic planning to set clear direction and align everyone in the organization behind the goals and what needs to hap... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 47: Mary Ippoliti-Smith It’s hard to imagine animal welfare and sheltering without Maddie’s Fund. From the support of individual shelters and rescue organizations to national campaigns and the v... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 46: Best of and B-Sides As we say goodbye to 2020, we are taking a moment to pause and reflect. While many are saying good riddance to 2020 (justified!), we are also trying to focus on the posit... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 45: Mark LeBlanc and Ace from Amazon’s The Pack We want to make sure we don’t ruin Amazon Prime’s new reality show The Pack, so if you are planning to watch the series wait to listen to this episode until you’ve seen t... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 44: Fundraising During COVID-19 As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of our lives, it meant overcoming obstacles to every aspect of our work - including fundraising. The cancelation of in-person events, f... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 43: Historic Moment for L.A.'s Cats In 2010 a judge put an injunction in place that prevented the city shelters in Los Angeles from not only performing any trap, neuter, return (TNR) but also barred them fr... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 42: Cracking the Code Animal service officers historically have been trained to function as code enforcement officers, and in many communities that is still the case. While this training is in... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 41: Jackson Galaxy Before he was known as the Cat Daddy, Jackson was a shelter employee, working for the Humane Society of Boulder Valley in Colorado. He worked in several roles, including ... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 40: From Punishment to Support A far cry from the days of being seen as the “dogcatchers,” today’s highly skilled animal care and control officers are on the front lines in our communities, helping ani... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 39: What Makes a Home? This week we hear from leaders across the country who have reexamined their approach to managing community cats. You’ll hear how they’ve implemented new programs and they... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 38: Stacy LeBaron - The Community Cats Podcast Podcasting is more popular today than ever before, giving listeners their choice of more than 1.5 million podcasts. While there are plenty of shows to feed your true crim... Image