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Ivins Animal Shelter rallies for animals

NKUT Coalition member saves the most at-risk homeless pets.
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Strut Your Mutt runs on volunteer power

Have fun, make friends and help homeless pets by volunteering at Strut Your Mutt
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Best Friends volunteer awarded lifetime volunteer achievement award

Best Friends volunteer Chuck Austin is awarded PetSmart Charities lifetime volunte...
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Best Friends Kitten Nursery and foster homes helping baby kittens

The littlest baby kittens who are at risk are being saved by Best Friends Kitten N...
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Helping stray kittens in Escalante, Utah

In Escalante, Utah, Best Friends' Four Directions Community Cat Program, a trap ne...
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10 highlights from adoption center’s first year

Read 10 highlights from Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in Utah's first year, inc...
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1,000 pet adoptions — and counting — in Salt Lake City

Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, celebrates saving animal...
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How are we doing?

As a mission-driven organization, tracking our progress with detailed metrics serv...
Julie Castle Blog
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Teaming up to feed those in need

Best Friends and Utah Food Bank partner to help keep families together.
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Spay Neuter Clinic in Orem, UT

Revving up spay and neuter services in Salt Lake

Best Friends Animal Society–Utah puts more oomph into resources.
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Best Friends named best nonprofit during publication’s anniversary celebration.

City Weekly and Best Friends

Best Friends named best nonprofit during publication’s anniversary celebration.
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'Kitten in the window' at the new Best Friends Kitten Nursery

One little ‘kitten in the window' at Best Friends new kitten nursery in Salt Lake ...
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What is NKUT?

NKUT stands for No-Kill Utah, an initiative led by Best Friends Animal Society to ...
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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 enac...
Julie Castle Blog
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Overriding Utah breed-discriminatory legislation

Best Friends Animal Society supports House Bill 97 to override existing breed-disc...
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