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Helping a cat with pica

Cat with pica, an eating disorder that causes a compulsive appetite for nonfood items like litter, string, paper, cardboard or dirt, receives help.
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Senior dog and storm survivor goes home

Rescued after Hurricane Irma, senior dog with laryngeal paralysis, which makes her cough when she gets excited, is adopted.
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Dog rescue transport is trip of a lifetime for 60 Texas pups

Dog rescue transport moves 61 dogs from the Palm Valley Animal Center in Edinburg, Texas, to Salt Lake City, Utah, where they will be adopted.
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Help and a new home for a dog with mange

Shelter dog with a serious case of demodectic manage receives treatment -- Bravecto, medicated baths, antibiotics and Benadryl -- and is then adopted.
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Dog saved from homelessness and heartworm disease

Dog with heartworm surrendered to a Houston animal shelter is transported to Best Friends in Utah, where she receives treatment and an adoptive home.
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LAPD officer by day, kitten foster by night

Read an interview with Michael Moran, a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) reserve officer/detective and kitten foster dad to newborn kittens.
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A no-kill champion for Pennsylvania’s pets

With new executive director Tom Hubric, Animal Rescue League of Berks County in Pennsylvania makes great progress to save more shelter animals.
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Rescuing a wild baby raven

A baby wild raven, who had a head tilt so severe that he held his head upside down, is rescued and rehabilitated. Read his story.
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Teaching a dog to read

Cat a dog learn to read? Yes! Read about one dog who is learning to read cues on signs and how a trainer is teaching him to do this.
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Recovery for a kitten with the heart of a lion

Kitten struggling to survive comes to the Best Friends Kitten Nursery with a serious infection and pneumonia and receives treatment.
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Couple donates gifts in memory of their daughter

To honor their daughter's memory, John Sun and Carol Blaney donate handmade supplies to Sanctuary pets and start an animal intern scholarship.
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From an injured, orphaned foal to happy horse

Baby horse (filly) lost her mother and then was severely injured. She receives treatment for her injuries and is now set to live a happy life.
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Loving a sassy cat with kidney disease

Senior cat in the early stages of kidney disease ends up at the shelter, but is then adopted. Her renal disease is being successfully managed.
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Helping formerly tethered and neglected dogs to love life

Saved from an animal cruelty case, two dogs had been tethered in a backyard without enough food and water. They are now learning to trust people.
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New hope for no-kill in Florida

Best Friends presents $100,000 mentorship grant to Jacksonville Humane Society to help other Florida rescues and shelters achieve no-kill.
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Best Friends Animal Society - Save Them All

We will reach no-kill in this country in 2025.

Best Friends, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (tax ID# 23-7147797), operates the nation’s largest sanctuary for homeless animals and provides adoption, spay/neuter, and educational programs.

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