Cat Stories

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Shy cat goes from shelf to shoulders to home

Shy cat used to hide all the time, but then she realized she loved riding on peopl...
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An FeLV cat’s journey of a lifetime

Read about an FeLV cat's journey from Anchorage Animal Care & Con...
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Gift of adoption for New York City-area pets

Recap of the Best Friends Super Adoption, held at the Meadowlands Expo Center in S...
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Six months and thousands of cats saved in Texas

The shelter save rate for cats in Harris County, Texas, climbs dramatically with i...
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Cat with FIV goes from homeless to the high life

An FIV-positive cat from Best Friends is adopted and is now living the high life, ...
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Best pet stories of 2018

Read the best (and more popular) pet stories of 2018 about dogs and a cat who over...
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Less shopping, more adopting

Cats and dogs are adopted for the holidays during the Best Friends Black Friday pe...
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Our "Best Friend" Honored Volunteer: Sue T.

"She always goes the extra mile for the kittens, making sure that they all ge...
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Sassy cat with allergies is home at last

Cat with environmental and food allergies is put on a special diet, given weekly a...
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Saving the pet who needs you the most

Saving a pet who needs you the most -- perhaps a dog or cat with special needs, a ...
Best Friends Magazine
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Top 10 reasons to foster a pet

What are the top 10 reasons to foster a pet? You'll be saving an animal'...
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Community cat playbook

Return-to-field (RTF) humane management models get stray and feral cats fixed and ...
Julie Castle Blog
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The Remarkable Dr. Kate Hurley: Evolution of a cat lifesaving legend

University of California, Davis' Koret Shelter Medicine Program director Dr. ...
Julie Castle Blog
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Two days, hundreds of dogs and cats adopted

Around 500 shelter dogs and cats are adopted at the fall 2018 NKUT Super Adoption ...
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Misinformation and scaremongering likely to undermine TNR efforts in Hawaii

Toxoplasmosis to blame for recent Hawaiian monk seal deaths puts trap-neuter-retur...
Julie Castle Blog