StoriesAll Stories Features Julie's Blog Videos Magazine Community Voices Image ‘Is that a shelter dog?’ It’s time to redefine how we answer that question Is that a shelter dog" is usually asked after an animal does something undesirable. Here's why misperceptions about shelter dogs should change. Best Friends Magazine Image Just weeks after knee reconstruction surgery, Becky McCrea is walking across the country for the animals After recovering from ACL surgery, woman walks over 3,000 miles from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles to raise money for homeless pets via GoFundMe page. Feature Image Accountability is key: Why socially conscious sheltering falls short Unlike the no-kill philosophy, socially conscious sheltering lacks definable goals, benchmarks of success and accountability. Julie Castle Blog Image Washington Post highlights the Vicktory dogs, paying tribute to their courage, love and legacy Newspaper article celebrates the extraordinary lives of the dogs rescued from former NFL player Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring in 2007 Julie Castle Blog Image Empowering a Georgia shelter to help keep pets where they belong — with their families Best Friends awards $50,000 grant to Gwinnett County Animal Welfare and Enforcement in the Atlanta, Georgia, area to support a pet retention program. Feature Image After heartworm disease and a severe injury that cost him his leg, this gentle dog finally found the sweet life Dog came from LifeLine Animal Project to Best Friends in Atlanta to get heartworm treatment and help for his hind leg injury that required amputation. Feature Image Family adopts sweet, scared pit bull and teaches him to love and trust again Scared white pit bull found wandering on the downtown Los Angeles streets while wildfires blazed in 2018 is rescued, fostered and then adopted. Feature Image Hercules the therapy cat goes from zero to hero to help Alzheimer's patients Registered as a therapy animal by Pet Partners, a cat, who was once homeless in a shelter, now helps Alzheimer's patients and other people in need. Best Friends Magazine Image Abandoned to loved: Sibling dogs with neurological issues find joy every day Two sibling dogs with a rare neurological condition are wobbly on their feet, but that doesn't stop them from experiencing joy and loving life. Feature Image How this struggling animal shelter in the Deep South turned into one of the best Southern Pines Animal Shelter (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) has a pet transport program (EmBark) that moves cats and dogs to other areas for adoption. Feature Image Her world ended when her dog died, but then fate stepped in Grieving woman felt like her world would end when her dog died, but then fate stepped in and she met a distrustful senior dog who needed her help. Feature Image Shelter pulls out all the stops to find foster homes for a whopping 5,000 dogs and cats Pima Animal Care Center in Arizona implemented lifesaving foster program that moved 5,000 pets into foster homes and engaged 2,000 foster volunteers. Best Friends Magazine Image Do horses like racing? This one sure didn't. Thoroughbred horse didn't like racing. He hates running and was hurt on the racetrack, but he has great potential as a companion and riding partner. Feature Image Labor Day love for cats and kittens adopted in NYC Best Friends hosts adoption event for cats and kittens from Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) over Labor Day weekend. Feature Image Woman steps in to save dog from being killed, even though she'd never met him Woman helps save on dog on the shelter euthanasia list from being killed. He had a leg that needed to be amputated and severely infected eye. Feature Pagination Previous page First page 1 … Page 96 Page 97 Current page 98 Page 99 Page 100 … Last page 306 Next page