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Should you worry about coronavirus hitting your pets?
Information you need to know
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Grassroots animal advocacy for getting to no-kill by 2025
Best Friends' new 2025 Action Team is empowering thousands of individuals through grassroots advocacy efforts to create…
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Progress toward California for All proposal for animals
Lawmakers hear testimony to include $50 million in budget to take the state to no-kill
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Is Best Friends your third place?
The Sanctuary is a place where you'll feel welcome, at peace and connected.
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Joaquin Phoenix talks about compassion for all at the 2020 Academy Awards
Oscars speech highlights kindness to animals
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South Texas animal shelter demonstrates what’s possible in the drive to achieve no-kill nationwide by 2025
Best Friends' embed program, Maddie's Fund® and shelter staff's determination result in a 90% live outcome rate…
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Can’t stop, won’t stop: Cat Adoption Team saves more than 800 cats — and counting!
Best Friends' partnership with Cat Adoption Team (CAT) in Portland, Oregon, is helping hundreds of cats and kittens find…
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Farewell, sweet Meryl: Saying goodbye to the last Vicktory dog at Best Friends
Rescued from NFL player Michael Vick's dogfighting bust, Meryl the Vicktory dog demonstrated her ability to learn to trust…
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The no-kill movement is making big progress: See the top milestones from 2019
Great progress was made in 2019 in dog and cat lifesaving. Read the top 10 big wins for homeless pets from around the country.
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Vicktory dog Cherry, known as the ‘heartbeat’ of his family, passes away at age 13
Vicktory dog Cherry, who was rescued in the former NFL player Michael Vick's dogfighting bust, passes away at the age of 13…
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First university-endorsed no-kill leadership class graduates, aims to end killing in shelters
First 12 students graduate from Best Friends Animal Society Executive Leadership Certification (ELC) class endorsed by Southern…
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No-kill California is now closer than ever before
California Governor Gavin Newsom makes good on his campaign promise and includes $50M in proposed budget to make the state no-…
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Looking back: The top 10 milestones in animal lifesaving from 2019
Highlights from the previous year demonstrate just how bright the future is for homeless dogs and cats in shelters.
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Southern Utah University and Best Friends team up to offer nation’s first university-backed leadership program
Best Friends is now offering an Executive Leadership Certification (ELC) program in animal welfare backed by Southern Utah…
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Embracing change
The pace of positive change in animal welfare is speeding up exponentially, which can be uncomfortable but is necessary. Read…
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