Maddie’s Fund Stories

Luna the cat in a kennel

Transformative changes for cats at York County SPCA

Pennsylvania animal shelter revamps its approach to saving cats with assistance from Best Friends embed team.
Collaboration increases save rate
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Community conversations help cats in a Louisiana parish

With guidance from the Best Friends national embed program, staff at St. Tammany Animal Shelter talked with neighbors to get them on board to help save cats.
Read about their lifesaving programs
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Family adopting two cats

5 animal shelters with soaring cat save rates

Best Friends’ embed program is helping these shelters save more cats than ever before.
Read about their successes
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Calico community cat with ear-tip outside by a chain-link fence

Embed program helps cats and people who love them in North Carolina

Through TNVR, training and humane deterrents, Best Friends and Franklin County Animal Services are keeping neighborhood cats where they belong ― in their community.
North Carolina cats saved through TNVR
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Strong relationships save lives in Tulsa during distemper outbreak

With guidance from Best Friends and support from area rescue groups and shelters, Tulsa Animal Welfare moved to quickly get a distemper outbreak under control.
See how partnerships helped
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Baby Scout the kitten with her new family

North Dakota shelter steps up to help others

Souris Valley Animal Shelter puts Best Friends grant funds to good use, which includes supporting other shelters.
See how grant helps North Dakota shelter
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Antietam Humane Society turns things around for cats

Save rate for cats skyrockets at a Pennsylvania shelter with help from Best Friends and Maddie's Fund®.
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Best Friends Network partners awarded grants for their resiliency

Best Friends and Maddie's Fund® jointly award $5,000 resiliency grants in recognition of our partners' creativity and perseverance.
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Florida shelter challenges what’s possible and turns the tide for pets

The Santa Rosa County Animal Services shelter was looking for someone to get in the game and help them reach no-kill and they found them thanks to the Maddie's Shelter Embed Project.
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The Grey Muzzle Organization steps up for senior pets

Senior dogs in need of homes benefit from programs to increase adoptions, lifespans.
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Three cheers for three outstanding animal shelters

Maddie's® Shelter Embed Project celebrates milestones and welcomes a new shelter.
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Agents of change

These innovative animal control officers are redefining what it means to save more lives
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Saving cats at Palm Valley Animal Society in Texas

This shelter completely turned around the way it handles stray cats, and thousands of lives have been saved because of it
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One amazing gift: Maddie's Fund donates $1.5 million to help save up to 12,000 dogs and cats

Maddie's Shelter Embed Project in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to help save up to 12,000 dogs and cats.
Best Friends Magazine
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Shelter dogs on patrol with Louisville police

Louisville Metro Police Department and Louisville Metro Animal Services partner for Paws on Patrol program that pairs shelter dogs with police.
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