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Kansas

Best Friends works closely with local shelters, rescue groups and passionate people like you in Kansas. Together, we can bring this country to no-kill by 2025.
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Help save homeless pets in KS

Shelters near you need help to save more lives. In 2022, 1,092 dogs and cats were killed in animal shelters across Kansas, but together with your help, we’re changing that.

Best Friends is working with animal welfare organizations and stakeholders statewide to save every pet who can be saved and reach no-kill through Kansas by 2025. Your local shelter is counting on your help. Now is the time to get involved and make a lifesaving difference.

Best Friends is creating change in Kansas

Best Friends is working to create more animal-friendly legislation in Kansas. These efforts have addressed breed-specific laws and community cat issues. We’ve introduced a bill that removes adoption and transport restrictions for FIV-positive cats.

Iowa Animals Need Your Help

You can be a hero to homeless dogs and cats in your community when you adopt, foster, and advocate.
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Whether you work at a shelter, volunteer with a rescue group or just love animals, the Best Friends National Conference is for you.
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Create change by connecting with a local team of grassroots advocates today.
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Save a life by opening your heart and home to a foster pet.
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Find a shelter or rescue group near you.
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Kansas animal shelter staff sees dogs in a new light

By changing the way staff members evaluate dogs, Helping Hands Humane Society gains valuable skills for saving more lives.
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Awesome updates from Best Friends Network Partners

These stories about dogs, cats, and a unicorn (yes, you read that right) are sure to lift your spirits.
See how Network partners are making a difference
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Advocacy and action make 2021 a banner year for lifesaving

Looking back on an incredible year of driving positive change for cats, dogs and the people who love them
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Volunteer to save the lives of pets in Iowa

With millions of animals in shelters around the country hoping for families of their very own, one of the most valuable gifts you can give is the gift of your time. For animals waiting to go home, your kindness makes all the difference.

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Pet lifesaving dashboard FAQs

Get answers to the most commonly asked dashboard questions.
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Dashboard methodology

Learn about the dataset, definitions and formulas for calculations.
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Update your shelter’s info

Use this form if you work with a shelter and need to update your shelter’s information.
https://network.bestfriends.org/form/shelter-data-update

Find a Best Friends Network partner near you

The Best Friends Network is made up of thousands of public and private shelters, rescue groups, spay/neuter organizations and other animal welfare groups, all working to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country.

Each and every one of our network partners needs caring people like you to adopt, foster, donate, volunteer and advocate to help save the lives of pets where you live.

Find a network partner near you today:

Find a network partner near you today:
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