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How are we doing?
As a mission-driven organization, tracking our progress with detailed metrics serves to keep us on track and make us accountable to donors.
Julie Castle Blog
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TNR is the answer
Trap/neuter/return (TNR) is the indisputable answer to the feral cat question. Killing is not.
Julie Castle Blog
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Successful no-kill strategy more than one tactic
No-kill programs include many elements, though detractors sometimes make no-kill proponents out to be one-trick ponies.
Julie Castle Blog
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Update on California shelter bill
Best Friends has concerns over California AB 2343, the proposed law to update the historic Hayden Act.
Julie Castle Blog
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Playing Whac-A-Mole with anti-cat rhetoric
TNR advocates play Whac-A-Mole with TNR detractors who keep popping up with the same faulty arguments and stats.
Julie Castle Blog
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BREAKING: Utah governor signs Best Friends BDL preemption bill
Utah governor signs HB 97, prohibiting any local government in the state from enacting breed-discriminatory legislation.
Julie Castle Blog
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NKUT launches: Final stretch to take entire state of Utah no-kill
Best Friends launches No-Kill Utah (NKUT), the final push to take entire state of Utah no-kill.
Julie Castle Blog
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Saving lives in Utah's second-largest city
West Valley City is on verge of achieving no-kill status, with an 89.7 percent save rate in 2013.
Julie Castle Blog
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Opponents of community cat programs: A desperate struggle for relevance
TNR opponents are more interested in preserving status quo than implementing lifesaving programs.
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Backstory of new Best Friends Animal Clinic
The new Best Friends Clinic is a worthwhile landmark for our 30th anniversary and our progress for the animals.
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A big Best Friends win for the animals in Utah — the battle rages in Missouri
Breed specific legislation is not effective. The focus should be on irresponsible dog owners. Missouri considers this question.
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American Pets Alive!
Julie Castle recaps the American Pets Alive Conference held in Austin, Texas.
Julie Castle Blog
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Breaking ground at Best Friends
Thirty years ago, ground was broken on what would become largest no-kill sanctuary in U.S., Best Friends HQ, and launch pad for no-kill movement.
Julie Castle Blog
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Disgust at Sochi’s treatment of animals a case of pots and kettles?
Host of 2014 Winter Olympics, Sochi, Russia's killing of stray dogs was unfortunate and brutal.
Julie Castle Blog
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Benchmark results from Los Angeles point to bright future for no-kill
Launched in 2012, NKLA has resulted in cutting the killing of animals in Los Angeles shelters by half.
Julie Castle Blog
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