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

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Putting the bite on puppy mills
As public awareness grows regarding the cruelty inherent in puppy mills, commercial breeding operations are feeling the squeeze.
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The Austin model: A no-kill grassroots success story
Analysis of how Austin, Texas, achieved No-Kill status.
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Wild Friends
The Wild Friends department at Best Friends specializes in wildlife education in addition to rehabilitating injured and orphaned…
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New York, please help guarantee shelter access now!
Your action needed now for Companion Animal Access and Rescue Act legislation coming up for a vote as early as June 6 in New York…
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A lesson in stereotyping
All animal are individuals, with their own distinct personalities. This story of three dogs shows that.
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Apocalypse meow???
Bird advocate Nico Dauphiné is suspected of trying to poison feral cats.
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Cats of the Chesapeake: On stranger tides
Animal welfare organizations come together to help the feral cats of Tangier Island by providing trap/neuter/return.
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Events that save lives
These one-of-a-kind events pull together the rescue and shelter community to find homes for homeless pets and spread awareness.
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Sealing the deal: Rich Avanzino and the San Francisco model for no-kill Part II
Avanzino's watershed achievement was an adoption compact with the city that effectively turned San Francisco into a no-kill…
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Animals in disasters: how Katrina changed their world
Disasters are part of life, and animals are inevitably caught up in the turmoil. We have come a long way in how animals in…
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The growing movement to help homeless horses
A review of the reasons horses lose their homes and/or are abandoned and what can be done about this problem.
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Another win for dog-fighting victims
Spearheaded by Best Friends Animal Society, SB 722 will result in dogs rescued from fighting scenarios being evaluated for…
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They're Ba-a-ack! "Dog Wars" App Returns as "KG Dogfighting"
Best Friends called for Dog War game's removal from the Google's Android Market, but it is now back as KG Dogfighting.
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Collaboration, transparency, accountability: Rich Avanzino and the San Francisco Model for No-Kill Part I
Rich Avanzino's no-kill game plan and out-of-the-box thinking have been renamed and reconfigured but have stood the test of…
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"Dog Wars": Part II
The kerfuffle over the misguided Android app “Dog Wars” has hit the mainstream and is getting coverage on major news outlets,…
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