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Kitten nursery in Salt Lake County, Utah, is part of a partnership between Best Friends Animal Society and Salt Lake County Animal Services.

Snowflake the cat gets second chance at Best Friends.

Ten-year-old girl paints art and sells her paintings to help beagles used in lab experiments. She recently took a trip to Best Friends.

The very first Strut Your Mutt in Kanab, Utah, was a huge success for the animals. Read about the charity walk event.

Best Friends intake volunteers in Los Angeles are specially trained to evaluate and pull animals from LA's six city shelters to come to Best Friends.

An ori-pei breeder dog and her puppies are rescued from a puppy mill and receive help. The ori-pei breed is created from crossing a shar-pei and pug.

Foster homes for dogs and cats save pets' lives in a tangible way by freeing up space in shelters. Fostering animals provides other benefits, too.

Deserving senior cat finds a family to dote on him.

Volunteering at Best Friends with their granddaughter has led older couple to help coordinate Austin's Strut Your Mutt.

Best Friends Animal Society helps the towns of Escalante and Boulder in Southern Utah with trap neuter return (TNR)

Rhode Island bill passes that outlaws dog breed discriminatory legislation and embraces community safety.

Kitten from Roosevelt, Utah, at an adoption event had distemper, but rescue groups pull together to save other cats possibly exposed to the disease.

Couple from Nebraska adopt a black Lab puppy from Best Friends. After training and socialization, he is now a therapy dog.

Musician Neko Case teams up with Best Friends Animal Society to help save shelter pets with a new public service announcement (PSA) and more.

Blue and gold macaw parrot is perfect despite her birth defects: feet problems, malformed ears, and inability to hold her head upright.