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PETA again takes aim at the no-kill movement
What's up with PETA?
Read my thoughts
Julie Castle Blog
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No-kill 101: Keeping pets at home and out of shelters
Understand why your local animal shelter might ask you to make an appointment — and how it’s different from turning away pets in need.
Vital programs that prioritize lifesaving
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40 fun facts about Best Friends Animal Society
Celebrate Best Friends’ 40th anniversary with little-known fun facts about the Sanctuary, the animals, and the people who started it all.
Learn more
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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
Julie Castle Blog
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Reflections on our relationship to pets
Ultimately, animals are essential to our wholeness as human beings, so we must save those in shelters.
The core of our mission to end the killing in shelters
Best Friends Magazine
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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
Julie Castle Blog
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From Times Square with love
Pop-up event in New York City spreads the message to help get pets out of shelters and into homes.
See some puppies and familiar faces
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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
Julie Castle Blog
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Meeting the challenge of saving pets in Mississippi
Best Friends is implementing proven strategies at the Rankin County Animal Shelter so that more dogs and cats get the second chances they deserve.
Shelter save rate increasing
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Spirited stray dog loses leg but gains a new home
When the word went out that Koda needed a foster home following surgery, Kylie volunteered and, as it turns out, brought the boy home for good.
Now they're a happy family
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New programs help save more dogs and cats in Nebraska
Best Friends and Nebraska Humane Society are working together on programs and strategies at the shelter that have had a profound impact on lifesaving.
They now hope to be a guiding light to other organizations
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Intern makes lasting impact for Brownsville pets
Through her shelter marketing internship with Best Friends, Jazmin is helping homeless pets, raising awareness, and setting herself up for future success.
Residents encouraged to get involved
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Tennessee animal shelter’s rapid turnaround
Rhea County Animal Shelter’s save rate hit the no-kill threshold four months in a row, enabling a Best Friends embed assignment to end three months early.
Embed program offers a solid foundation
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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
Julie Castle Blog
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A new life for dogs rescued from dogfighting
29 dogs put cruelty in the past and begin new lives after being saved in South Carolina.
Helping the underdogs
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