Cat Stories

Bonney Brown led Nevada Humane Society (NHS), which partnered with Washoe County Regional Animal Services, to help Reno achieve no-kill status.

Best Friends named Non-Profit Brand of the Year in 2011 Harris Poll EquiTrend study.

We do not know exactly how cats purr. It may be through their vocal chords, or it may be through vibrations of some configuration of bones.

Best Friends Emergency Response team has been on the ground in South Dakota to help pets displaced by flood-related evacuations since late May.

This is a true story about two FeLV-positive kittens who lived a short but happy lives. Are pets like them worth saving?

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

Your action needed now for Companion Animal Access and Rescue Act legislation coming up for a vote as early as June 6 in New York State.

Two men save two little black kittens from being severely hurt in a prescribed burn fire. The kittens come to the Sanctuary for treatment and care.

Bird advocate Nico Dauphiné is suspected of trying to poison feral cats.

Animal welfare organizations come together to help the feral cats of Tangier Island by providing trap/neuter/return.

These one-of-a-kind events pull together the rescue and shelter community to find homes for homeless pets and spread awareness.

Avanzino's watershed achievement was an adoption compact with the city that effectively turned San Francisco into a no-kill community.

Disasters are part of life, and animals are inevitably caught up in the turmoil. We have come a long way in how animals in disasters are treated.

Rich Avanzino's no-kill game plan and out-of-the-box thinking have been renamed and reconfigured but have stood the test of real world application.

There is profound fulfillment that lies in the company of animals. I've found that rescuing disadvantaged animals grants a deep sense of happiness.