Stories

Competing shelter bills — one that has the best interests of animals in mind and the other that doesn't — go head to head in New York.

Dog who likely survived distemper has a rhythmic bouncing probably caused by the disease, but that doesn't slow her down or dampen her love of life.

Ohio governor John Kasich signs House Bill 14 into law, ending the only statewide dog breed discrimination in the United States.

Mother and son visit Best Friends Animal Society Pet Adoption and Spay/Neuter Center in Los Angeles on opening day.

L.A. Love & Leashes "pet store," offering dogs and cats for adoption, opens in Westside Pavilion Mall in Los Angeles, California.

Ag-gag bills challenged as unconstitutional violation of free speech could make it illegal to video animal cruelty in factory farms and puppy mills.

Grand opening of Best Friends Pet Adoption and Spay/Neuter Center in L.A.

West Valley City (WVC for short), a city in northern Utah near Salt Lake City, announces its plan to become no-kill.

Adoptable dogs and cats from Best Friends LA are regularly featured on FOX's "Good Day LA" and "Access Hollywood."

Davis County Animal Services is making progress towards becoming no-kill, including participating in adoption events and working with rescue groups.

The Humane Society of Somerset County is providing trap neuter return (TNR) for local community cats (ferals and strays).

There are two bills currently in the New York State Assembly that call themselves progressive shelter reform bills. One is, but the other, no so much.

A $340,000 check from Best Friends to First Coast No More Homeless Pets aims at reducing shelter deaths in Jacksonville by half.

Akila, a mature and timid female dog, finds a family willing to love her on her own terms.

Sadly, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show does not support shelter dogs.