Outreach and Embed Programs Stories

Person hugging a black and brown dog beside a shade canopy at the dog spay/neuter event

Free spay/neuter for L.A. dogs

Group effort to serve 400 dogs in need of surgeries.
A successful event
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Black, white and tan dog with his tongue out, outside on grass

Pet adoptions skyrocket at Indiana shelter

Jeffersonville Animal Shelter celebrates the first no-kill month in its history.
Helping animals get home faster
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Mama cat nursing kittens

Small but mighty: How 3 rural shelters save cats

Three Southern, rural shelters are no-kill today because of their programs that sa...
Saving lives together
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Marshall Pet Adoption Center giving an injection to a puppy

Animal shelter saves pets even when the going gets tough

Faced with an overabundance of dogs and cats and a depleted staff, a new shelter m...
Now they're looking ahead with confidence
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Tanner the man lying next to Tanner the dog

How a Baltimore shelter saved a scared dog named Tanner

The Best Friends embed program supported Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter ...
A plan for every animal
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Multiple people doing medical work on a small brown dog

New animal shelter data reveals nationwide progress

Reporting from animal shelters across the country shows thousands more dogs and ca...
Saving lives in Wisconsin and Nebraska
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Andy the dog being adopted by two people

Waived adoption fees help dogs and cats go home sooner

When a group of New England animal shelters decided to take part in a fee-waived e...
A win for adopters and shelters
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Person with a brown dog outside Pinellas County Animal Services following Hurricane Milton

Love of pets unites helpers in hurricane aftermath

Best Friends team members headed to Florida to provide relief to animal shelter st...
Offering selfless service to people and pets
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Ricardo Blanco the cat at the mobile veterinary clinic

Mobile vet care comes to pets impacted by hurricane

With many local vet clinics closed, Best Friends teams up with animal welfare grou...
Blanco gets the help he needs
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Winston and Watson the doodle-type dogs

Save rate skyrockets at a West Virginia animal shelter

With an increase in the number of dogs and cats saved from 38% to 83%, Harrison Co...
Working with the community
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Person walking a gray and white pit-bull-type dog outside on a sidewalk

Best Friends withdraws offer of support to Los Angeles Animal Services

City of Los Angeles ignores Best Friends' offer — dysfunction trumps common s...
Will still maintain presence in Los Angeles
Julie Castle Blog
Teresa LaCross holding a cat

A determined voice of change for homeless pets

How one shelter director found her voice and skyrocketed lifesaving by recognizing...
How they've embraced change
Best Friends Magazine
Amy holding the orange kitten in the plane

Swift action saves pets in shelter from raging wildfire

When a wildfire in New Mexico threatened local animal shelters, Best Friends and a...
Working together to save lives
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Baby Girl the white dog, smiling with tongue out, lying in green grass

Texas animal shelter’s total turnaround

Year-long embed program with Best Friends is over, and today the city shelter in B...
Read about their progress
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Person holding a litter of brown puppies in her arms

The making of an animal shelter super mentor

These partnerships save lives
Best Friends Magazine