No-Kill Stories

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West Valley City, Utah, announces intention to go no-kill

West Valley City (WVC for short), a city in northern Utah near Salt Lake City, ann...
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Happy Valentine's Day, Jacksonville: No-kill, here we come!

A $340,000 check from Best Friends to First Coast No More Homeless Pets aims at re...
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New York: Competing shelter reform bills not created equal

There are two bills currently in the New York State Assembly that call themselves ...
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Westminster snobs snub shelter dogs

Sadly, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show does not support shelter dogs.
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A great day for San Antonio, Texas

A no-kill San Antonio became an official strategic goal of that city in 2006. Read...
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Florida, we need you! Mark Buehrle shares how to take action and help save dogs

Because of an archaic exemption in state law, Miami-Dade County, FL, is the only c...
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Best Friends introduces legislation to end Miami-Dade County pit bull ban

Best Friends Animal Society introduces legislation to end pit bull ban in Miami-Da...
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The will of the people

Jobs and the economy are top issues this election year, 2012. Animal issues also f...
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The greatest gift

This holiday season, foster, adopt or donate to help homeless dogs and cats.
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Home on the range?

Contact your representatives to ask them to support proposed legislation to end ho...
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The war on horses

Please lend your voice to end the inhumane killing of horses.
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Saint Willie

Country singer Willie Nelson has been a star for the animals on behalf of Best Fri...
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Becoming mainstream

Best Friends CEO Gregory Castle and his rescued Chihuahua mix are featured in Vani...
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No 'ace in the hole' for lost Detroit pit

Life on the streets for dogs in Detroit is a lose-lose proposition as illustrated ...
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The Paranoiacs' Handbook

Alarmist ASPCA tract gives impression they have a black-ops counter-insurgency tea...
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