Julie Castle's Blog

Celebrate the top 10 highlights featuring 2018 accomplishments for the animals in Best Friends'…

Farm bill revised in 2018 to include Dog and Cat Meat Prohibition, Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) and Parity in Animal Cruelty…

Francis Battista rescues a senior German shepherd from the Harris County Animal Shelter in Houston, illustrating the benefits of…

Rather than typical prison-like structures, animal shelters in the future are expected to be more like community animal resource…

Best Friends Animal Society, other animal welfare organizations, and volunteers step up to help pets affected by the California…

This Independence Day holiday offered another reason to celebrate, when pit-bull-type dog reunited with his family, but also…

Learn and be inspired by watching live stream of Julie Castle’s keynote address from the conference this Saturday.

University of California, Davis' Koret Shelter Medicine Program director Dr. Kate Hurley promotes shelter-neuter-return.

In a New York Times misguided opinion piece, Carol Mithers says low- and no-cost adoptions invite abusers and those too poor to…

Best Friends assists with animal lifesaving efforts at under-resourced and over-burdened shelter in Edinburg, Texas, in Hidalgo…

James Gorman's article in the New York Times titled ‘Lassie Got Help, Would Your Dog?' explains that dogs have empathy…

Best Friends in Los Angeles has committed to save every kitten from L.A. city shelters between now and the end of the year, but…

Vicktory dog crosses the Rainbow Bridge and will be missed by all who knew and loved him.

The 2018 Best Friends National Conference that took place in Los Angeles last week (July 19-21) was one of our best yet and, in…

Public's perception of pit bulls is changing at the same time cities are moving away from breed-specific legislation (BSL)…