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The Austin model: A no-kill grassroots success story

Analysis of how Austin, Texas, achieved No-Kill status.
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Wildlife for adoption

Best Friends has animals for adoption that many some consider wildlife and unusual...
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Red-tailed hawk hit by a truck recovers

Six months after a family rescues a red-tailed hawk hit by a truck, they watch as ...
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Wild Friends

The Wild Friends department at Best Friends specializes in wildlife education in a...
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New York, please help guarantee shelter access now!

Your action needed now for Companion Animal Access and Rescue Act legislation comi...
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A lesson in stereotyping

All animal are individuals, with their own distinct personalities. This story of t...
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Among Wild Friends

A red-tail hawk shot in the wing and a host of baby orphaned animals are the lates...
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Two black kittens narrowly miss being severely hurt in fire

Two men save two little black kittens from being severely hurt in a prescribed bur...
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Apocalypse meow???

Bird advocate Nico Dauphiné is suspected of trying to poison feral cats.
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Cats of the Chesapeake: On stranger tides

Animal welfare organizations come together to help the feral cats of Tangier Islan...
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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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