Outreach and Embed Programs Stories

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Embed program helps cats and people who love them in North Carolina

Through TNVR, training and humane deterrents, Best Friends and Franklin County Ani...
North Carolina cats saved through TNVR
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Strong relationships save lives in Tulsa during distemper outbreak

With guidance from Best Friends and support from area rescue groups and shelters, ...
See how partnerships helped
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Best Friends launches Spanish language campaign

Multicultural work is aimed at engaging new audiences in saving pets....
Julie Castle Blog
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Antietam Humane Society turns things around for cats

Save rate for cats skyrockets at a Pennsylvania shelter with help from Best Friend...
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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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Florida shelter challenges what’s possible and turns the tide for pets

The Santa Rosa County Animal Services shelter was looking for someone to get in th...
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Heaps of hope in Harlingen

Saving one scared dog shows what's possible at this Texas shelter....
Best Friends Magazine
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Best Friends embed program supports soaring save rate at Texas shelter

A dedicated team felt adrift and struggled to save animals at Abilene Animal Servi...
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Dog with mange goes from stray to snuggle buddy

From a stray with patchy fur and scabs in Texas to an oversized lapdog in Utah, ge...
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Three cheers for three outstanding animal shelters

Maddie's® Shelter Embed Project celebrates milestones and welcomes a new shel...
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Saving cats at Palm Valley Animal Society in Texas

This shelter completely turned around the way it handles stray cats, and thousands...
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One amazing gift: Maddie's Fund donates $1.5 million to help save up to 12,000 dogs and cats

Maddie's Shelter Embed Project in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to help save...
Best Friends Magazine
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Meet the underdogs who are heroes for homeless pets

Animal shelter employees are unsung heroes dedicated to the dogs and cats in their...
Best Friends Magazine
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Saving puppies in Texas

Best Friends is saving 800 puppies in partnership with Palm Valley Animal Center i...
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The future of animal shelters

Rather than typical prison-like structures, animal shelters in the future are expe...
Julie Castle Blog