Network Partners Stories

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Loving a shy dog: An adopter’s story

Azzurra had never lived in a home and was afraid of people, but her new family is ...
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Best Friends Network partners awarded grants for their resiliency

Best Friends and Maddie's Fund® jointly award $5,000 resiliency grants in recognit...
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5 stories to celebrate National Community Cat Day

A day to honor community cats and the people who love and take care of them.
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Second chance for more than 1,000 cats in New Mexico

A Best Friends grant and help from the embed team supports Farmington Animal Servi...
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Unicorns wanted: Foster families change lives of dogs with challenges

Grant supports Gateway Pet Guardians' foster program, which helps recast "scary" d...
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Housing the homeless: Partnership benefits both pets and people

A three-way partnership involving Catholic Charities Eastern Washington, SpokAnima...
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Best Friends responds to Hurricane Ida

Hundreds of pets find safety after the storm, and more help is on the way
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Dog’s soul outshines her physical challenges

Miss Rogers had a long list of medical problems when she first came to Best Friend...
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Best Friends grants help bring vet care to Navajo Nation

Grants from Best Friends help bring veterinary resources to people and pets in rem...
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Kitten kits prepare the public to save lives

Grant from Best Friends provides enough kits to support 1,800 kittens in southern ...
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5 feel-good pet stories to make you smile

From a grouchy cat who's reunited with his family to a dog whose name brings a lit...
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How shelter embed programs are saving pets’ lives

Saving the lives of pets means working together to share knowledge and solutions, ...
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County shelter pays it forward to others

County of Santa Clara Animal Services receives Rachael Ray No-Excellence Grant.
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Connecting Florida cats with families across the eastern U.S.

More than 200 cats from Polk County including an injured cat named Russell have fo...
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Inspired by the Best Friends lifesaving dashboard, California shelter creates its own

Madera County Animal Services director Cindy Avila takes the shelter's work to the...
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