Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 37: All Dogs are Individuals 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 ... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 36: To Save Them All, We Must Reach Them All - Kenny Lamberti A priority for Best Friends is building a nationwide, grassroots movement of advocates who are willing to work together, all driven by the belief that people and their pe... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 35: Keeping Families Together Animal care and control services are redefining the community and embracing principles that promote safe, humane communities for people and pets. Keeping families togethe... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 34: Embedded in Big Country, Abilene Texas In 2018, Abilene Animal Services (AAS) had a 55% save rate. That put them at 27th on the list of shelters nationwide most in need of help. The community wanted the shelte... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 33: Access to Care - Shannon Glenn This week we talk to Shannon Glenn from My Pit Bull is Family. They recently launched the North Minneapolis Pet Resource Center to provide the resources, supplies, and re... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 32: Emergency Planning for Pets and People Right now we are getting hit with some of the worst wildfires and hurricanes in recorded history. There’s civil unrest nationwide, the economy is on the brink, and of cou... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 31: Moving Beyond Bias with CARE In previous episodes of the podcast, we’ve covered the lack of diversity in our industry and how that has affected our ability to save lives. We discussed ways that we ca... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 30: Reaching New Heights in Animal Services - Innovator Series What do you get when you take 18 of the best and brightest lifesaving innovators, pair them up, put them on a Zoom call and hit record? You get magic! Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 29: Best Friends Professional Development Symposium COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. In our lives, both professionally and personally, we’ve had to make big changes. From working at home to wearing masks to the o... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 28: Rebecca Guinn - Atlanta's Lifeline Georgia’s efforts to save pets have come a long way in the last few years. The 2019 lifesaving progress dataset showed that statewide, Georgia increased lifesaving by mor... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 27: Idaho Shelter Coalition leading Push Toward No-Kill Statewide Idaho may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of animal welfare, but it should! Two years ago, a coalition was formed in an attempt to unite the shel... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 26: Removing Lifesaving Barriers Fewer pets in shelters. More resources for people with pets. More animal-friendly communities. Healthier, happier animals with safe places to call home. These are our sha... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 25: Spay It Ain't So! Well, that’s not true at all, but there are still too many people who think that is the case. Widely available low-cost spay and neuter services are a critical part of th... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 24: More than 40 million Pets at Risk of Eviction In 2016, 2.3 million Americans lived in a home that was served an eviction notice. During the foreclosure crisis in 2008, 10 million Americans lost their home. Experts be... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 23: One Million Cats and Counting Launched in 2014, the Million Cat Challenge smashed its goal of saving one million cats in five years. The campaign encouraged shelters to save more cats by implementing ... Image
Podcast The Best Friends Podcast Ep. 22: Owner Requested Euthanasia The latest lifesaving data shows that more than 50,000 dogs and cats may be in this category. The number of animals killed nationally is 625,000 so this is not a trivial ... Image