StoriesAll Stories Features Julie's Blog Videos Magazine Community Voices Image 100 reasons to purr: Nearly 100 cats found homes at the recent Best Friends Su-Purrr Adoption event in L.A. Nearly 100 cats and kittens were adopted at the Best Friends Su-Purrr Adoption event held at the NKLA Pet Adoption Center September 21-22, 2019. Feature Image Forget long vacations or sleeping in: This volunteer would rather spend her retirement years helping New York City’s homeless pets Kathy Posekel, who is retired, now spends her time working with dogs and cats in need at Best Friends Animal Society in New York. Feature Image Kitten with rare and serious lung condition is thriving thanks to adopter’s persistence and unconditional love Kitten with rare condition - a nonfunctioning left lung lobe - has a lobectomy to remove it. Now recovered from the risky surgery, he is thriving. Feature Image If you want to help a shelter dog, take one home for a sleepover Slumber Buddies program at the NKLA Pet Adoption Center in Los Angeles allows people to take adoptable pets for sleepovers. Read about all the fun. Feature Image ‘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. Best Friends Magazine Image Dog with collapsed trachea can’t walk on a leash, so he rides in a special cart instead Dog with collapsed trachea can't wear a collar or harness to go for walks since it prevents him from being able to breathe, so he now has a cart. Feature Image Couple with soft spot for overlooked pets adopts the perfect pair of cats with special needs Two kitties with the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) are rescued and then find a home together with a loving couple. Feature Image Accountability is key: Why socially conscious sheltering falls short Unlike the no-kill philosophy, socially conscious sheltering lacks definable goals, benchmarks of success and accountability. Julie Castle Blog Image Just weeks after knee reconstruction surgery, Becky McCrea is walking across the country for the animals After recovering from ACL surgery, woman walks over 3,000 miles from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles to raise money for homeless pets via GoFundMe page. Feature Image Washington Post highlights the Vicktory dogs, paying tribute to their courage, love and legacy Newspaper article celebrates the extraordinary lives of the dogs rescued from former NFL player Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring in 2007 Julie Castle Blog Image Family adopts sweet, scared pit bull and teaches him to love and trust again Scared white pit bull found wandering on the downtown Los Angeles streets while wildfires blazed in 2018 is rescued, fostered and then adopted. Feature Image Empowering a Georgia shelter to help keep pets where they belong — with their families Best Friends awards $50,000 grant to Gwinnett County Animal Welfare and Enforcement in the Atlanta, Georgia, area to support a pet retention program. Feature Image After heartworm disease and a severe injury that cost him his leg, this gentle dog finally found the sweet life Dog came from LifeLine Animal Project to Best Friends in Atlanta to get heartworm treatment and help for his hind leg injury that required amputation. Feature Image How this struggling animal shelter in the Deep South turned into one of the best Southern Pines Animal Shelter (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) has a pet transport program (EmBark) that moves cats and dogs to other areas for adoption. Feature Image 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. Best Friends Magazine Pagination Previous page First page 1 … Page 102 Page 103 Current page 104 Page 105 Page 106 … Last page 313 Next page
