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Blue Buffalo pet food donation

Generous pet food donation from Blue Buffalo enables rescue groups and shelters to save more lives.
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Best Friends volunteer wins the hearts of the animals

Volunteer Dan Lichtenstein wins the hearts of shy animals and especially enjoys connecting with horses, whom he describes as sensitive and dignified.
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UCLA students build ‘frat house’ for cats

During spring break, UCLA college student volunteers assemble a cat house for the felines at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.
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Leadership meeting at the No More Homeless Pets Conference

Meeting for leaders has goal to establish framework to help more communities achieve no-kill.
Julie Castle Blog
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Dog takes selfies

Shy dog Sinatra has an artistic and creative streak. The budding canine photographer has discovered the joys of taking selfies of himself.
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Adopting a boxer mix dog is a ‘prescription for love’

Man whose wife had died found himself grieving and lonely. Adopting a boxer mix dog has provided him with just the right dose of love.
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2013 No More Homeless Pets National Conference: Save Them All

As over 1,500 animal lovers come together in Jacksonville to Save Them All, the enthusiasm is palpable.
Julie Castle Blog
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Strut Your Mutt second-time cities

Strutters in four cities raise money for homeless animals second year in a row.
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Creative enrichment for animals at Sanctuary

Caregivers go the extra mile to provide various kinds of enrichment -- games, food puzzles, exercise and more -- for the dogs, cats, horses, pigs and other animals at the Sanctuary.
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Tiny Chihuahua, the 4,000th adoption

Tiny Chihuahua is 4,000th pet adopted from Best Friends Pet Adoption and Spay/Neuter Center in Mission Hills, California.
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Fosters for special-needs animals fuel lifesaving

Fostering animals with special needs is rewarding. Read about cat with congestive heart failure, a dog going through physical therapy, and other pets.
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Advocates for shy dogs

Jeff and Stacey Clark are volunteers who specialize in helping and advocating for timid dogs.
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12 Utah no-kill communities and counting: Learn how collaboration was key at this weekend's conference

Best Friends believed that Utah could be no-kill across the entire state. That vision is now becoming a reality.
Julie Castle Blog
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Lewis’s woodpecker fledglings in need of help

Lewis's woodpecker fledglings, left on the doorstep of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, come to Best Friends for help.
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Strut Your Mutt in NYC brings out the pet lovers

Big Apple event raises awareness and funds for homeless pets.
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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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