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Cat’s hospice care the happiest time of her life

Cat with terminal cancer, chronic kidney disease and arthritis receives end of lif...
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Best Friends Network spotlight: Detroit Animal Care and Control

Best Friends advises Detroit Animal Care and Control on implementing new lifesavin...
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How a barn cat program in Atlanta saves lives

Free-roaming cats in Atlanta are adopted out as barn cats to control rodent popula...
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Celebrating National Volunteer Week

In honor of National Volunteer Week, we offer our heartfelt thanks and appreciatio...
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Loving Zorro, a cat with a serious heart murmur

Tuxedo cat with serious heart murmur, broken front leg and a shoulder wound caused...
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How hand targeting is helping a group of shy dogs gain confidence

Hand targeting is used to help four young abandoned dogs overcome their shyness an...
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How retraining helped a formerly wild mustang and an introverted horse find their niche in life

Two horses, a formerly wild mustang and an introverted horse, receive retraining a...
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Meet Dwight Schrute — the cat

Dwight Schrute the cat is crabby and awkward but also kind like his namesake on th...
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Epic hikes with dogs in Utah

Best Friends volunteer, who is a national parks guide, takes the most active, agil...
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How a dog went from Hurricane Harvey to life in a five-star hotel

Dog who survived Hurricane Harvey now living high life with his adoptive family at...
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How a once-abused dog found love

Once-abused dog had behavior issues. He lacked impulse control, was jumpy and mout...
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Utah or bust: How a dog found happiness in Salt Lake City after Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey rescue story about a dog saved after the storm and adopted by a p...
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Adopting working cats in L.A.

Partnership between Best Friends in Los Angeles and the Paw Mission saves ‘working...
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Why dog breeds matter less than you might think

Labeling shelter dogs as a particular breed is problematic. Shelter staff are wron...
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Good news for dogs in Lakewood, Ohio, and the people who love them

Lakewood, Ohio, repeals breed-discriminatory pit bull ban and replaces it with saf...
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Best Friends Animal Society - Save Them All

We will reach no-kill in this country in 2025.

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