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Julie Castle is Chief Executive Officer of Best Friends Animal Society. Read More @BFAS_Julie

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Reinstate funding and staff positions at Los Angeles Animal Services
Tax dollars should not fund the killing of dogs and cats in shelters.
Funding and staffing should be dedicated to lifesaving
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Cricket
Yes, I’m going there: My thoughts on Kristi Noem killing her dog Cricket
How could a no-kill organization not weigh in?
Read my thoughts
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Killing in shelters would end if 6% more people adopted
Best Friends takes over Times Square to bring love home.
Help get more dogs and cats out of shelters and into homes
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Public support is the answer to Los Angeles Animal Services' crisis
Angelenos are a largely untapped reservoir of support for shelter pets.
Urge Los Angeles Animal Services to engage the public
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The governor of Utah, Gov. Spencer Cox, holding the written declaration as well as a kitten with Best Friends CEO Julie Castle behind him
Gov. Cox declares 2024 No-Kill Shelter Year in Utah
A commitment on a government level to reach no-kill by year’s end
Utah is so close to no-kill
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Group shot featuring nine of the co-founders of Best Friends Animal Society with a dog
Best Friends’ 40th anniversary: History of our world, part I
Nothing says “anything is possible” like Best Friends’ first 40 years.
Read about the beginnings of the organization
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Person wearing rubber gloves and holding an orange and white kitten next to a row of kennels in a shelter
Saving lives with machine learning and artificial intelligence
Let’s talk data from 2023.
Updated shelter data from last year
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Community cats: The Tweety vs. Sylvester debate
No-kill, TNVR, and finding common ground
Response to article in The New Yorker
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Best Friends Animal Society co-founder Diana Asher outside with a white horse whose mouth is open
Remembering Diana Asher
Best Friends’ original cat woman
She will be missed
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1,000 adoptable dogs and cats in a park: The return of Best Friends Super Adoption
Let’s get these pets adopted, Los Angeles.
Find your new best friend
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German shepherd type dog on a leash with a person behind him
SPCA Tampa Bay says yes to puppy mills in new partnership
Promoting puppy mills under the guise of adoption is unconscionable.
New pilot partnership at Florida shelter a huge betrayal
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Atkins the white dog in front of a group of people when moving into the Shipley Dog Lodges
Announcing the Shipley Dog Lodges
A nod to the future through the experiences of the past
Celebrating a place designed to celebrate dogs with behavior challenges
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Julie Castle bundled up in warm clothing at the finish line of the first-ever Strut Your Mutt event
A love letter to Strut Your Mutt
An event near and dear to my heart
Strut Your Mutt now returns to its roots
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Intent and impact
On the path to a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture
Aligning with our guiding principles
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Smiling person petting a happy black and white pit bull terrier whose tongue is out
Miami-Dade breed ban victory: And the wall came tumbling down!
A monumental change in Florida.
Read how the impossible became possible
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