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Strut Your Mutt 2020 raises more than $1.5 million for homeless pets

The event put the fun in fundraising from a distance this year....
See the top fundraisers
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Pilot becomes cat rescuer and TNR advocate

A cat colony at a California transportation company opens new horizons and inspire...
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Actor Lauren Ash stars as spokesperson for 2020 Best Friends Strut Your Mutt

After five years of strutting with Best Friends to save lives, actor Lauren Ash is...
Read why she's participating
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High fives all around for Virginia’s at-risk pets

High Five Virginia taps into the power of transfer programs to move at-risk pets i...
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5 heartwarming stories from Best Friends Network partners

From amazing adoptions to helping out pregnant mothers (both canine and human), he...
Best Friends Magazine
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Saving the lives of animals through community-supported sheltering

Shelters all over the country are beginning to embrace the power of community-supp...
Best Friends Magazine
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Planned PEThood of Georgia innovates to help rural shelters

Rachael Ray Save Them All grant served as a catalyst so Planned PEThood of Georgia...
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Strut Your Mutt 2020 goes virtual from coast to coast

25th annual event opens avenues for walkers and couch potatoes alike to raise much...
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California Animal Welfare Funders Collaborative awards $200,000 in grants to animal shelters across the state

California Animal Welfare Funders Collaborative awards $200,000 in grants to animal shelters across the state

Annenberg Foundation, Best Friends Animal Society, Maddie's Fund and Miche...
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Puppy beats distemper with the help of two determined foster moms

Felix had a ticket to ride from Houston to Ruff Start Rescue in Minnesota, but whe...
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Will the real Dennis Quaid please stand up?

Celebrity adopts cat named after him from Lynchburg Humane Society in Virginia....
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Secrets behind a Salt Lake County animal shelter’s success

West Valley City Animal Services has been no-kill for years and now the shelter is...
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From tiny to mighty: Two by Two Rescue helps pets across Alabama

From its beginnings in a garage, this rescue organization grew to save thousands o...
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17 rescued poodles get a fresh start in life

Poodles from a hoarding case come to Best Friends in Atlanta for love, much-needed...
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Author of 'A Dog’s Purpose' finds new purpose in animal welfare

When longtime animal rescuer Georgia Cameron brought a rescued puppy named Tucker ...
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