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New data shows encouraging trend for pets in shelters
Monthly data from nearly 800 animal shelters from across the U.S. shows the first lifesaving progress for dogs and cats since 2020.
Positive momentum for shelter lifesaving
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3.4% fewer animals were killed in shelters so far in 2024
Best Friends’ latest data shows a turning point for shelters across the country.
Let’s celebrate the positive momentum in lifesaving
Julie Castle Blog
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Saving lives with machine learning and artificial intelligence
Let’s talk data from 2023.
Updated shelter data from last year
Julie Castle Blog
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Animal shelters are partnering with a purpose
The Best Friends Network equips organizations with the tools to save lives.
Collaborative efforts to save lives
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Supporting California animal shelters to reach no-kill
Best Friends’ shelter collaborative program leverages one shelter’s no-kill status to save pets’ lives at another.
Read about their new lifesaving efforts
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Best Friends’ 2022 dataset points to no-kill progress
Let’s make every shelter and every community no-kill by 2025
See the big picture
Julie Castle Blog
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A setback in lifesaving and what it means
The number of cats and dogs killed in U.S. shelters increased in 2021.
See why
Julie Castle Blog
