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My story: Best Friends volunteer Lillian Lamb

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary offers volunteer opportunities for seniors and older...
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A tripod kitten’s brave journey

Stray kitten is saved off the streets, but had a back paw injury requiring amputat...
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Best Friends Pet Adoption Center opens in New York City

Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City has its...
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The Muppets take Manhattan

Best Friends New York Adoption Center opening today in SoHo as our next step towar...
Julie Castle Blog
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It’s raining cats and dogs (even parrots) at Best Friends

Images of ‘April showers bring May flowers' featuring dogs, cats and other pe...
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Surrogate cat mom nurses 14 kittens in a New York City shelter

Nurse cat who is a surrogate to 14 kittens, all of them healthy and growing, is su...
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Saving a shy, injured poodle mix

Rescued poodle mix has a severely injured leg that requires amputation. Afterwards...
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Family dog is good medicine

Two children and their mom who has stage four breast cancer adopt a young dog to h...
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My story: New York volunteer Dale Musselman

Dale Musselman is not able to have a pet in his apartment in NYC, but he gets his ...
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Transforming a cat’s life

Feline with spine deterioration that causes incontinence comes to the Sanctuary, a...
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Celebrating a happy April Fools’ Day with the animals

Celebrate a happy April Fools Day with some cute and funny pictures of animals: do...
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Life is brighter for this Chihuahua mix

Story of a senior Chihuahua with medical issues (cataracts, skin infection, luxati...
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Blue-fronted Amazon parrot lands in her perfect home

After losing her home, blue-fronted Amazon parrot comes to Best Friends where she ...
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Two dogs, one prickly porcupine

Two stray dogs are attacked by a porcupine. They come to Best Friends to have the ...
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Prepare for the cuteness: National Puppy Day is coming

National Puppy Day is March 23, 2017, a day to celebrate all things puppy, includi...
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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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