No-Kill 2025 Stories

Person wearing a cowboy hat hugging a large brown dog

Changing life for pets and people in west Texas

With funds from the Rachael Ray No-Kill Excellence Grant, Fix West Texas offers li...
Read how they embrace their community
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Selfie of Sir Karen the cat (looking a little grumpy) with Taylor Seupaul

Faces of No-Kill: Sir Karen the cat fools everybody

A grumpy kitty had some surprises in store for his caregivers at Best Friends, but...
Now he's all headbutts and biscuit marking
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Vera the dog next to a smiling person who has both hands affectionately holding her

Faces of No-Kill: Saving a dog with a sensitive soul

Vera went from a busy shelter to a charmed life in her new home....
Now she's a cherished member of the family
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Family holding a puppy they adopted along with some Best Friends signs

Reaching Hispanic/Latino communities to save more pets

Q&A with Mia Navedo-Williams on connecting Spanish-speaking communities with i...
Hear what's being done to help save lives
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Monster the senior pug, smiling with tongue out

Embracing change saves more pets at Arizona shelter

Best Friends is helping city officials in Bullhead City transform the culture of i...
Making the shelter more customer friendly
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Staff from San Angelo Animal Services standing in front of empty kennels

Texas animal shelter gets creative to keep pets at home

San Angelo Animal Services and Best Friends collaborate on lifesaving programs to ...
Offering good programs and a good attitude
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Two people sitting on a blue couch petting a large white dog

Grant helps save more dogs in Chicago shelters

One Tail at a Time puts Rachael Ray Save Them All Grant to good use to support dog...
They're thinking outside of the box
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Two people drying a small puppy with a towel

Amazing progress at Brownsville animal shelter

With guidance from Best Friends, a Texas shelter dramatically increased the number...
Read how things have improved
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Group of Best Friends co-founders from an All Staff meeting

The evolution of Best Friends Animal Society

What the founders are most proud of is the decision to pass the baton....
From co-founder Francis Battista
Best Friends Magazine
German shepherd type dog on a leash with a person behind him

SPCA Tampa Bay says yes to puppy mills in new partnership

Promoting puppy mills under the guise of adoption is unconscionable....
New pilot partnership at Florida shelter a huge betrayal
Julie Castle Blog
Atkins the white dog in front of a group of people when moving into the Shipley Dog Lodges

Announcing the Shipley Dog Lodges

A nod to the future through the experiences of the past...
Celebrating a place designed to celebrate dogs with behavior challenges
Julie Castle Blog
Mojo the dog in the lap of one of his adopters

How a Tennessee animal shelter is saving more pets

Rhea County Animal Shelter is making strides toward no-kill as part of Best Friend...
See how small changes are making a big affect
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Family adopting Jewel the dog in front of a window

Easier adoption process saves more dogs and cats

A chance meeting with a Best Friends staff member caused an Iowa organization to c...
Read how they embrace change
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Turtle the kitten wearing her protective helmet

Faces of No-Kill: Kitten with serious head wound gets custom helmet

Shelter collaboration, community support, and TLC help Turtle the kitten survive a...
Joint effort helps save special kitten
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Person running the Grand to Grand Ultra

Runners accept ‘ultra’ challenge to save dogs and cats

To this trio of animal lovers, raising funds for Best Friends by running the Grand...
Support their efforts
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