Cat Stories

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Kitten season (aka raining cats and kittens)

Just in time for kitten season, new kitten nursery opens at the Best Friends Pet A...
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Single and Loving It!

Adoption promotion highlights pets who need to be an only animal in their home. Th...
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Radical notion of not killing our friends

Many people don't know that their local animal shelter kills pets as a means of po...
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Fuzzy math on cats, birds clouds highly questionable ‘study’

"Study" in journal Nature Communications uses manipulative statistics to paint a p...
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Cat who doesn't like other cats adopted

A cat who dislikes other cats so much that he will sometimes redirect his displeas...
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NKLA's no-kill December: A record-breaking, lifesaving effort

This is a great benchmark to take us into year two of NKLA, we now have the stats ...
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Priceless cat adoption promo: 9 Lives for $9

Cat adoption helps over 1,000 cats find homes. Read about Stray Cat Adoptions of T...
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National Animal Shelter Check-In Day and more on Sandy relief work

Join Best Friends for National Animal Shelter Check-In Day and our ongoing work to...
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Best Friends leads effort in L.A. to ban sale of dogs, cats, rabbits

Best Friends leads the effort as L.A. City Council approves ordinance that bans th...
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Atlantic City boardwalk cats thumb noses at Sandy and TNR alarmists

Feral cats who live along the Atlantic City boardwalk weathered Hurricane Sandy ju...
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At long last, pet sales on the way out in L.A.

Breaking news: Los Angeles City Council approves ordinance banning retail sale of ...
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Two community kittens with virus that damaged their eyes receive TLC

TNR trappers come across two stray kittens with a virus that damaged their eyes. T...
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No longer failing cats — In honor of National Feral Cat Day

In honor of National Feral Cat Day, we celebrate how TNR has taken a huge leap for...
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Strut Your Mutt kicks butt!

Best Friends' national dog walk raised $1,280,365 for homeless pets, with over $86...
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Neonatal kitten foster program in Los Angeles

Neonatal kitten foster program in Los Angeles save some of the most at-risk pets i...
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