Best Friends National Conference Stories

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For shelter pets, a Hurricane Katrina-scale disaster happens every week

Francis Battista's Huffington Post article emphasizes importance of prioritiz...
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Volunteering for homeless pets as a nonprofit volunteer

Recent college graduate volunteers for nonprofits, First Coast No More Homeless Pe...
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Starting her own cat rescue organization

Inspired by Best Friends Animal Society, Kim Kamins founds Fearless Kitty Rescue i...
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Outside eyes

Oke Mueller, brand strategist at TBWAChiatDay, offers insight at Best Friends Conf...
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No More Homeless Pets Conference in Jacksonville, Florida

Best Friends Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, focuses on how to make communiti...
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Leadership meeting at the No More Homeless Pets Conference

Meeting for leaders has goal to establish framework to help more communities achie...
Julie Castle Blog
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2013 No More Homeless Pets National Conference: Save Them All

As over 1,500 animal lovers come together in Jacksonville to Save Them All, the en...
Julie Castle Blog
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12 Utah no-kill communities and counting: Learn how collaboration was key at this weekend's conference

Best Friends believed that Utah could be no-kill across the entire state. That vis...
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Brown County shows how to get it done

Brown County, Indiana, sets standards for how to save the animals with effective a...
Julie Castle Blog
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Six months to no-kill: Kansas City Pet Project shows us how

Only six months after taking over the animal shelter contract for Kansas City, Kan...
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Learn How You Can Help Save Them All at the 2013 No More Homeless Pets National Conference

Packed with invaluable no-kill information, the upcoming conference in Jacksonvill...
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Our most inspiring speech yet!

Registration is now open for 2013 No More Homeless Pets Conference! Watch a clip o...
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No More Homeless Pets Conference connections

The Best Friends conference offers networking opportunities for people and rescue ...
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Saving more shelter dogs

Ideas for saving shelter dogs shared at conference: foster volunteers for dogs wit...
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Feral cats and trap neuter return (TNR)

Positive results and encouraging progress is shared regarding feral and stray cat ...
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