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Events that save lives

These one-of-a-kind events pull together the rescue and shelter community to find ...
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Sealing the deal: Rich Avanzino and the San Francisco model for no-kill Part II

Avanzino's watershed achievement was an adoption compact with the city that effect...
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Los Angeles Pet Super Adoption is almost here!

Join us for the adoption event of the season, May 21 - 22 at La Brea Tar Pits Park...
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Best Friends’ Pet Adoption Video Playing on Times Square Geoffrey Tron

Best Friends' video promoting adopting a dog or cat from an animal shelter or resc...
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Animals in disasters: how Katrina changed their world

Disasters are part of life, and animals are inevitably caught up in the turmoil. W...
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Adoping her first dog

Read about one woman's experience of adopting her first dog. This inspired her to ...
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Puget Sound pet adoption events

Pawsitive Alliance, based in the Seattle, Washington, area, receives grant to save...
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The growing movement to help homeless horses

A review of the reasons horses lose their homes and/or are abandoned and what can ...
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Enrichment tips for horses

Tips for keeping a horse from getting bored -- ideas for keeping a horse physicall...
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Vicktory dog Lucas' babesia and medical challenges

Lucas the Vicktory dog has babesia and has had some other medical challenges. He r...
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Another win for dog-fighting victims

Spearheaded by Best Friends Animal Society, SB 722 will result in dogs rescued fro...
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They're Ba-a-ack! "Dog Wars" App Returns as "KG Dogfighting"

Best Friends called for Dog War game's removal from the Google's Android Market, b...
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Veterinary ophthalmologist volunteers at Best Friends

Dr. Susan Kirschner, a veterinary ophthalmologist, volunteers at the Sanctuary, pe...
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Perfectly imperfect

Akila's new family loves her for exactly who she is, while encouraging her to expl...
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Collaboration, transparency, accountability: Rich Avanzino and the San Francisco Model for No-Kill Part I

Rich Avanzino's no-kill game plan and out-of-the-box thinking have been renamed an...
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