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Our very own St. Francis, patron saint of the animals

Best Friends' own patron saint to the animals to be honored at Compassion Now...
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Save rate for cats approaches 90% in Albuquerque

Albuquerque trap neuter return program is showing great results, reducing the numb...
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Nevada AB 110 is signed into law

New law promotes public safety while prohibiting breed-specific laws (BSL) / breed...
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Super season

New York Pet Super Adoption, hosted by Best Friends, helps homeless pets find lovi...
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San Antonio: Courage, creativity and a community commitment to no-kill

Courage, creativity and a community commitment combine to make the goal of a no-ki...
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Francis Battista introduces a special guest blog from Kathleen Aubry

Dogs, especially beagles, are routinely used as subjects for medical and laborator...
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Our most inspiring speech yet!

Registration is now open for 2013 No More Homeless Pets Conference! Watch a clip o...
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Single and Loving It!

Adoption promotion highlights pets who need to be an only animal in their home. Th...
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Power of partnership

Nearly 300 Best Friends Network partner animal shelters and rescues commit to taki...
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Radical notion of not killing our friends

Many people don't know that their local animal shelter kills pets as a means ...
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Best Friends helps save nearly 90,000 lives in 2012

Thank You! Best Friends directly saves or fixes over 90,000 animals in 2012....
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National Animal Shelter Check-In Day and more on Sandy relief work

Join Best Friends for National Animal Shelter Check-In Day and our ongoing work to...
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Strut Your Mutt kicks butt!

Best Friends' national dog walk raised $1,280,365 for homeless pets, with ove...
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Hurricane Isaac Update

Hurricane Isaac's has passed through, but there are plenty of grassroots orga...
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NKLA makes its mark

The statistics are in for the first five months of NKLA ......
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