Network Partners Stories

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How Best Friends is empowering shelters to save even more of the animals they love

Best Friends Leadership Training Academy is a five-day hands-on course for animal ...
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Almost two years after Hurricane Harvey, one amazing organization is still helping pets in Houston

Rachel Ray Save Them All Grant awarded to Austin Pets Alive helps organization sav...
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Shelter transformation inspired by one incredible dog

Best Friends dog training workshop helps Ivins Animal Shelter Adoption Center and ...
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Want to help save pets? Try thinking outside the kennel

Saving shelters pets from being killed is as simple as thinking outside the box - ...
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Program helps juvenile offenders and shelter dogs get a second chance

Teens in Florida correctional facilities train rescued dogs with behavioral issues...
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Sisters compete to see who can save the most pets.

Two sisters who work at Palm Valley Animal Center in Edinburg, Texas, in different...
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Inspired by the conference to save Alabama’s homeless pets

Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) of Mobile, Alabama, is inspired to save more homele...
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Pit bull rescue group can’t help but rescue kittens, too.

Since kittens, like pit bull dogs, are at high risk of being killed in animal shel...
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Second chances for an abandoned cat and puppy

Abandoned in a dumpster, a sweet cat and young puppy get a second chance, coming t...
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How an Illinois rescue group helps dogs in Texas

Read story of tiny Chihuahua who is transported from Palm Valley Animal Center in ...
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Training for shelter cats

Shelter cats participate in Cat Pawsitive clicker-training, learning to come when ...
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Surprise horse adoption — a dream come true

Read a sweet, heartwarming story about two rescue horses adopted into one home and...
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Cat and dog fostering in Houston

Dog and cat foster home volunteers help save pets at the Harris County Animal Shel...
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Cat lovers’ dream vacation

Two friends who volunteer at the Cat Adoption Team in Sherwood, Oregon, take volun...
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How fostering dogs and cats saves lives

Fostering a dog or cat saves a shelter pet's life, but that's not all. L...
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