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Free to a good home: How fee-waived adoptions are saving lives

Some animal shelters are reluctant to offer free (fee-waived) pet adoptions, but t...
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Adorable couple in their 80s spend all their free time saving animals, and the photos say it all

Senior volunteer couple in their 80s help pets in need at Best Friends Animal Sanc...
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Six tips for making this Halloween scary good for your pets

Make Halloween fun for your dog, cat or other pet with these six tips, including c...
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18 weird, wacky and wonderful cats to make sure you're ‘feline fine’ on National Cat Day

National Cat Day is Oct. 29. Celebrate with some cute, funny and wacky photos of f...
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Wobbly kitten is perfect just the way he is

Little kitten wobbles when he walks because he has cerebellar hypoplasia (CH for s...
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Four kittens survive a severe, contagious illness, thanks to incredible first-time foster mom

Can kittens survive panleukopenia (also known as feline distemper)? Read about kit...
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100 reasons to purr: Nearly 100 cats found homes at the recent Best Friends Su-Purrr Adoption event in L.A.

Nearly 100 cats and kittens were adopted at the Best Friends Su-Purrr Adoption eve...
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Kitten with rare and serious lung condition is thriving thanks to adopter’s persistence and unconditional love

Kitten with rare condition - a nonfunctioning left lung lobe - has a lobectomy to ...
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Couple with soft spot for overlooked pets adopts the perfect pair of cats with special needs

Two kitties with the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) are rescued and then find...
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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 move...
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Labor Day love for cats and kittens adopted in NYC

Best Friends hosts adoption event for cats and kittens from Animal Care Centers of...
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Brave little kitten found hitchhiking inside car’s wheel well

On a road trip, a family finds a six-week-old kitten trapped in their car's w...
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Senior declawed cat gets help for pain so her spunky personality can shine

Declawed cat had behavioral issues and experienced chronic pain after the painful ...
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Cat finds love after surviving snow, frostbite and a heart condition

Cat found in snow with severe frost bite, requiring amputation of part of his tail...
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This incredible survivor cat overcame impossible odds to believe one crazy thing: That he's actually a dog

Little kitten had a lot of challenges early in his life, but now this incredible s...
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