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Let the lifesaving begin! Best Friends prepares to open L.A.'s Northeast Valley Shelter
Best Friends takes over operation of LA's Northeast Valley Shelter and transform it into Best Friends Pet Adoption and Spay/…
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Florida, we need you! Mark Buehrle shares how to take action and help save dogs
Because of an archaic exemption in state law, Miami-Dade County, FL, is the only county in the entire state permitted to engage…
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Best Friends Animal Society Ohio Bill over First Hurdle to History
Ohio Coalition of Dog Advocates and Best Friends spreadhead campaign to pass Ohio HB 14 that would repeal only statewide dog…
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Best Friends introduces legislation to end Miami-Dade County pit bull ban
Best Friends Animal Society introduces legislation to end pit bull ban in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
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The will of the people
Jobs and the economy are top issues this election year, 2012. Animal issues also factor into the equation.
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The greatest gift
This holiday season, foster, adopt or donate to help homeless dogs and cats.
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Home on the range?
Contact your representatives to ask them to support proposed legislation to end horse slaughter in the United States once and for…
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The war on horses
Please lend your voice to end the inhumane killing of horses.
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Who should be pardoning whom?
At Thanksgiving, a strange ritual takes place in the White House. The president of the United States pardons a Turkey.
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Saint Willie
Country singer Willie Nelson has been a star for the animals on behalf of Best Friends.
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Becoming mainstream
Best Friends CEO Gregory Castle and his rescued Chihuahua mix are featured in Vanity Fair.
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No 'ace in the hole' for lost Detroit pit
Life on the streets for dogs in Detroit is a lose-lose proposition as illustrated in the story of one pitbull named Ace.
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The Paranoiacs' Handbook
Alarmist ASPCA tract gives impression they have a black-ops counter-insurgency team engaged in a covert war against the no-kill…
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A myth buster of a day
The Best Friends Neighborhood Pit Bull Day that took place this past weekend in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and New York…
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Grab your phones and check in to save lives
The first annual National Animal Shelter Check-in Day will take place on November 12th. Find out how you can help make the…
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