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Best Friends Emergency Response team and generous donors provide critical help to animals in need after Superstorm Sandy hits the East Coast.

[Artist Janet Bray sells a painting of King O, a famous parrot at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, which results in a donation used to buy parrot toys.

Ideas for saving shelter dogs shared at conference: foster volunteers for dogs with behavioral issues, volunteer dog trainers, and more.

Read story of rescue dog who is high energy and loves tennis balls, and is now working to become a search and rescue dog in his new home.

Moluccan cockatoo named, a well-known bird at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, is adopted. Read about why this bird is famous and his adoption.

Child, a young girl of 10 years old, volunteers with animals at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Kids as young as six years old can volunteer with pets.

A generous offer from a local business helps adoptable pups thrive.

Labrador retriever mix showed aggressive behavior so his family took him to many trainers who could not help him, but this story has a happy ending.

It’s a holiday hoedown Christmas morning at the Sanctuary.

Story of cute kitten from feral cat colony in West Valley City. Instead of being returned after TNR, she is being socialized so she can be adopted.

Cat adoption helps over 1,000 cats find homes. Read about Stray Cat Adoptions of Texas, Cat Network in Miami and West Columbia Gorge Humane Society.

Volunteers donate their time to help Best Friends Utah animals. They care for, socialize and do anything else that is necessary to help cats and dogs.

Golden eagle is being rehabilitated after being hit by a semitruck. She will be released if possible or go to the Gray Snow Eagle House in Oklahoma.

The pigs at the Sanctuary excel at both clicker and Parelli training, learning desired behaviors and in return being rewarded with treats.

Pets aren't disposable. Read why it is best to adopt ("recycle") a dog, cat or other animal rather than buy from a breeder or pet store.