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Child artist helps dogs

Ten-year-old girl paints art and sells her paintings to help beagles used in lab e...
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First Strut Your Mutt at Sanctuary a success

The very first Strut Your Mutt in Kanab, Utah, was a huge success for the animals....
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Animal power: The rise of online advocacy

Be a voice for the animals and help facilitate important and meaningful change via...
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L.A.’s new volunteer intake team

Best Friends intake volunteers in Los Angeles are specially trained to evaluate an...
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Dog and cat fosters save the day

Foster homes for dogs and cats save pets' lives in a tangible way by freeing ...
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Ori-pei goes from puppy mill breeder to volunteer favorite

An ori-pei breeder dog and her puppies are rescued from a puppy mill and receive h...
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Former blood donor cat finds a forever home

Deserving senior cat finds a family to dote on him.
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Six months to no-kill: Kansas City Pet Project shows us how

Only six months after taking over the animal shelter contract for Kansas City, Kan...
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Bringing Best Friends back home to Texas

Volunteering at Best Friends with their granddaughter has led older couple to help...
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TNR in Southern Utah

Best Friends Animal Society helps the towns of Escalante and Boulder in Southern U...
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Former Michael Vick dog inspires outlawing of breed-specific legislation in Rhode Island

Rhode Island bill passes that outlaws dog breed discriminatory legislation and emb...
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Saving at-risk cats possibly exposed to distemper

Kitten from Roosevelt, Utah, at an adoption event had distemper, but rescue groups...
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Take Action: The White House Opposes Breed Discriminatory Legislation

Ask President Barack Obama to reverse the Pentagon's policy of breed discrimi...
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Adopted black Lab puppy trains to be a therapy dog

Couple from Nebraska adopt a black Lab puppy from Best Friends. After training and...
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The dog house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Congratulations, once again, to the Obama family! They have welcomed a second &#03...
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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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