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One amazing gift: Maddie's Fund donates $1.5 million to help save up to 12,000 dogs and cats
Maddie's Shelter Embed Project in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to help save up to 12,000 dogs and cats.
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‘Is that a shelter dog?’ It’s time to redefine how we answer that question
Is that a shelter dog" is usually asked after an animal does something undesirable. Here's why misperceptions about shelter dogs should change.
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Hercules the therapy cat goes from zero to hero to help Alzheimer's patients
Registered as a therapy animal by Pet Partners, a cat, who was once homeless in a shelter, now helps Alzheimer's patients and other people in need.
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Shelter pulls out all the stops to find foster homes for a whopping 5,000 dogs and cats
Pima Animal Care Center in Arizona implemented lifesaving foster program that moved 5,000 pets into foster homes and engaged 2,000 foster volunteers.
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Here's how to help cats who call the streets home
Via return-to-field and trap-neuter-return programs, street cats are spayed or neutered and vaccinated so they can live their best lives.
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Meet the underdogs who are heroes for homeless pets
Animal shelter employees are unsung heroes dedicated to the dogs and cats in their care, but they often receive little compensation or thanks.
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Program helps juvenile offenders and shelter dogs get a second chance
Teens in Florida correctional facilities train rescued dogs with behavioral issues, a program that started in prisons for adults and has expanded.
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Want to help save pets? Try thinking outside the kennel
Saving shelters pets from being killed is as simple as thinking outside the box - er, kennel. This article spotlights the change-setters.
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How a handful of animal lovers changed the world for homeless pets
On 35th anniversary of founding of Best Friends, Francis Battista reviews how the simple idea that homeless pets shouldn't be killed gained momentum.
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This age-old practice helps save lives (hint: namaste)
Best Friends offers yoga with adoptable cats, dogs, bunnies, pigs and goats at our Sanctuary in Utah, lifesaving centers around U.S., and at events.
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Superhero volunteers save shelter pets
Superhero volunteers donate their time to help pets and Best Friends Animal Society. Cape or no cape, they prove compassion for pets is a superpower.
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Technology to the rescue for pets
Best Friends is using technology to save more pets in five key areas: adoption, fostering, transporting, rehoming, and keeping pets in their homes.
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Saving the pet who needs you the most
Saving a pet who needs you the most -- perhaps a dog or cat with special needs, a terminal illness or who's a senior -- is very rewarding.
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How fostering dogs and cats saves lives
Fostering a dog or cat saves a shelter pet's life, but that's not all. Learn about all the benefits to the animals and to the volunteer foster person.
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Pet grants to Save Them All
Rachael Ray Save Them All pet grants make a difference for homeless dogs and cats by funding adoption, TNR, transport and other programs.
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