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Please help our birthday wish come true by donating to help save more animals.
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Public/Private Partnership Leads Reno to 94 Percent Save Rate

Bonney Brown led Nevada Humane Society (NHS), which partnered with Washoe County R...
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Best Friends Animal Society Nonprofit "Brand of the Year": A big win for the animals

Best Friends named Non-Profit Brand of the Year in 2011 Harris Poll EquiTrend stud...
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Everyone Loves a Paw'rade!

Join us in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and New York for pet parades we ...
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Higher ground: Best Friends in the flood zone

Best Friends Emergency Response team has been on the ground in South Dakota to hel...
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Putting the bite on puppy mills

As public awareness grows regarding the cruelty inherent in puppy mills, commerci...
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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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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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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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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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Adoping her first dog

Read about one woman's experience of adopting her first dog. This inspired her to ...
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Another win for dog-fighting victims

Spearheaded by Best Friends Animal Society, SB 722 will result in dogs rescued fro...
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They're Ba-a-ack! "Dog Wars" App Returns as "KG Dogfighting"

Best Friends called for Dog War game's removal from the Google's Android Market, b...
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