Best Friends Animal Society and Jill Rappaport Team Up to Help Underdog Pets Find Homes

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The Holiday Series, “A Home for the Holidays with Jill Rappaport”, kicks off November 5

Best Friends Animal Society, a leading national animal welfare organization working to end the killing of cats and dogs in America’s shelters and take the country no-kill*, is teaming up with Jill Rappaport, award winning animal advocate, best-selling author, journalist, and podcast host, on her digital series spotlighting underdogs including senior, special-needs and harder-to-place pets waiting for families of their very own. 

 

A Home for the Holidays with Jill Rappaport will kick off November 5 and will run through the holiday season, featuring weekly videos and stories of adoptable pets at Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in New York City across both Best Friends and Rappaport’s social media channels.  

 

“We’re so grateful to Jill for using her platform to highlight the dogs and cats who are too often overlooked,” said Julie Castle, CEO, Best Friends Animal Society. “These pets have so much love to give, and this series will help make that connection helping turn awareness into lifesaving action.” 

 

Each week viewers will be introduced to an adoptable pet from Best Friends, learning about their unique personality and ways people can open their hearts and homes this holiday season. 

 

“Every pet deserves a family, but some wait far too long simply because they are passed over," said Jill Rappaport. “I’m all about the under dogs, the seniors and those with special needs, and I’m thrilled to partner with the Best Friends Animal Society to help these incredible pets at the Best Friends Pet Adoption Center get the visibility and homes they deserve.” 

 

Currently, two out of three shelters across the country have achieved no-kill. Increasing visibility and helping every healthy and treatable pet find a loving home of their own, underdogs included, is an essential step to ending the killing of dogs and cats in animal shelters. 

 

To learn more about the pets featured in the campaign or how to adopt, foster, or get involved with your local shelter, visit bestfriends.org.  

 

*No-kill is defined by a 90% save rate for animals entering a shelter and is a meaningful and common-sense benchmark for measuring lifesaving progress. Typically, the number of pets who are suffering from irreparable medical or behavioral issues that compromise their quality of life and prevent them from being rehomed is not more than 10% of all dogs and cats entering shelters. For any community to be no-kill, all stakeholders in that community must work together to achieve and sustain that common goal while prioritizing community safety and good quality of life for pets as guiding no-kill principles. This means cooperation among animal shelters, animal rescue groups, government agencies, community members and other stakeholders, all committed to best practices and protocols. 

About Best Friends Animal Society

Best Friends Animal Society is a leading animal welfare organization dedicated to saving the lives of dogs and cats in America's shelters and making the entire country no-kill. Founded in 1984, Best Friends runs lifesaving facilities and programs nationwide in partnership with more than 5,500 shelters and rescue organizations. From our headquarters in Kanab, Utah, we also operate the nation's largest no-kill animal sanctuary — a destination that brings our mission to life for thousands of visitors each year. We maintain the most comprehensive animal sheltering data in the country and make it accessible to the public — empowering communities with critical insights into the needs of their local shelters and how they can help. We believe every dog and cat deserves a home. And we believe that, by working together, we can Save Them All®.