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Hurricane Harvey

Best Friends disaster response team heading to Texas to help deliver emergency sup...
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New Jersey declares 'thumbs up' for no-kill

Resolution 237, declaring the intent for New Jersey to be no-kill for shelter dogs...
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The Muppets take Manhattan

Best Friends New York Adoption Center opening today in SoHo as our next step towar...
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In Memoriam: Mark Dodge

Please join us in paying homage to the co-founder of FixNation for his service to ...
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USDA removes online database critical to animal welfare work

The USDA online database has been taken down. This was an Invaluable tool to resea...
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Local rescue groups cash in on 2016 Strut Your Mutt

Fundraising dog walk, held in 14 cities nationwide, supports hundreds of No More H...
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Hurricane Matthew highlights effectiveness of disaster response

Best Friends and No More Homeless Pets Network partners are available to help anim...
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Best Friends commits $100,000 to Louisiana flood relief

Best Friends works with local No More Homeless Pets Network partner groups and vol...
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New Best Friends effort set to launch in Atlanta, Georgia

Best Friends-Atlanta is set to launch in October 2016, working with area No More H...
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New incentive program hopes to boost participation in national database program

Maddie's Fund is offering $1,000 for shelter and rescue groups to join Shelte...
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SeaWorld: Not feeling the love

Growing success of the no-kill movement and recent news from SeaWorld further prov...
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Happy World Spay Day!

Best Friends and our No More Homeless Pets Network partners spayed and neutered ov...
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2015: Another banner year for Best Friends and homeless pets, with 207,000 animals directly helped

A look back at Best Friends and our No More Homeless Pets Network partners' e...
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Best Friends SoCal shelter transport program comes to an end

Thanks to other transport partners in L.A. County, Best Friends' Pup My Ride ...
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Ten years later: Reflections on Hurricane Katrina

A decade after Hurricane Katrina, Francis reflects on how the storm united animal ...
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