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Find The One this Valentine weekend

Best Friends Valentine's Day pet adoption promotion helps families find their perfect dog or cat to adopt.
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Chihuahua who uses a wheelchair is adopted

Chihuahua with nerve damage in her back legs, who uses a wheelchair and wears a diaper because of her medical challenges, is adopted.
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Pet dental experts volunteer to help animals

Volunteer pet dental experts put Sanctuary animals, including a dog with mouth ulcers, on the path to lifelong dental health.
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Pit bull terrier blossoms after being rescued from fighting ring

Pit bull blossoms after being rescued from a fighting ring. She has been adopted and gets along with other dogs and cats.
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Community cats are family, too

Young boy with muscular dystrophy is allergic to cats, but stray cats in his neighborhood who become part of TNR program are now part of his family.
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Photographer’s paradise in Southern Utah

A volunteer trip to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Southern Utah is a pet photographer's dream vacation.
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Outdoor tabby cat has lifesaving surgery

Outdoor tabby cat is injured by another animal and has to have his leg amputated. He is recovering and learning to enjoy time indoors with people.
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Helping a dog to stop running in circles

Dog who was running in circles receives training as well as aromatherapy, dog-appeasing pheromones, music, and a ThunderShirt to ease his anxiety.
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Rescuing grebe birds

Read about grebes who ended up off course and far from water, leaving them unable to take flight again. They come to Best Friends for help.
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Family volunteer vacation to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary

Family enjoys a special bonding opportunity while volunteering with animals at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Southern Utah.
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Scottish fold lookalike cat

Stray FIV cat looks like a Scottish fold (cat breed with folded ears) with his stubby ears damaged from too much scratching. He's now in a foster home
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Dog rescued from fighting ring learns to trust

Dog rescued from fighting bust learns to trust at the Sanctuary, and finds loving home.
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Hundreds of holiday miracles

Whiskers In Wonderland adoption event brings San Antonio together to help homeless pets.
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Dog pays it forward

Terrier dog, who had been hit by a car, had surgery, and then was adopted, pays it forward by saving his adoptive dad after his fall and concussion.
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Stray, scared horse comes to Sanctuary

Once a frightened stray, Chuck the horse gets socialization and training help at the Sanctuary. He can now even be ridden.
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Best Friends Animal Society - Save Them All

We will reach no-kill in this country in 2025.

Best Friends, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (tax ID# 23-7147797), operates the nation’s largest sanctuary for homeless animals and provides adoption, spay/neuter, and educational programs.

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