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Julie Castle is Chief Executive Officer of Best Friends Animal Society. Read More @BFAS_Julie

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The right stuff
Brent Toellner, Scott Giacoppo, Tawny Hammond and José Ocaño join Best Friends Animal Society to end the killing in our nation…
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The Muppets take Manhattan
Best Friends New York Adoption Center opening today in SoHo as our next step toward a no-kill nation by 2025.
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Removing breed labels from adoptable pets
Best Friends and other shelters are investigating whether speculative dog breed identifications help or hurt the pet adoption…
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Best Friends NKLA initiative on target to create country’s largest no-kill community
Collaborative efforts result in Los Angeles city shelters achieving a record save rate and the city continuing on track to become…
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In Memoriam: Mark Dodge
Please join us in paying homage to the co-founder of FixNation for his service to our country and the animals in Los Angeles.
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New numbers reveal great progress being made toward no-kill
Our current research indicates 5,500 dogs and cats are being killed (euthanized) in US animals shelters each day as of 2017.
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USDA removes online database critical to animal welfare work
The USDA online database has been taken down. This was an Invaluable tool to research animal welfare inspection reports.
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Vicktory dog Denzel says goodbye
Former Michael Vick dog Denzel has died. He will be missed by all who knew him, but never forgotten.
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Nine years in: How the Vicktory dogs helped change the future for millions of dogs
After Michael Vick dogs were given a second chance, people and policymakers around the world began to see pitbulls differently.
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Kudos to Zappos — again!
Home For The Pawlidayz adoption promo exceeds the goal, finding homes for over 11,000 animals nationwide between Black Friday…
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Saving pets in shelters: Zappos does it again
Zappos is paying pet adoption fees from Black Friday through Cyber Monday!
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Local rescue groups cash in on 2016 Strut Your Mutt
Fundraising dog walk, held in 14 cities nationwide, supports hundreds of No More Homeless Pets Network partners working to save…
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RIP, Tom Hayden
The animal welfare community loses advocate responsible for passage of California’s Hayden Act.
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Lots to celebrate this National Feral Cat Day
There are many programs to help stray and feral cats. Learn about some of them here.
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Hurricane Matthew highlights effectiveness of disaster response
Best Friends and No More Homeless Pets Network partners are available to help animals in need in the areas affected by Hurricane…
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