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Better data, brighter picture
The number of animals being killed in shelters daily is 4,100 -1.5 million annually. More than 1,500 communities are surpassing a 90% save rate.
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Lap Dogs, Not Laptops: Best Friends Animal Society’s #Holiday100 Adds Fun Adoption Twist to Black Friday Weekend
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Natural disasters and the no-kill movement
Best Friends and our supporters have helped more than 1,600 dogs and cats after Hurricane Harvey. We're committed to animals affected by this natural disaster.
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To adopt or not? A new Best Friends survey sheds light on pet adoptions
Why do people buy pets instead of adopting? A Best Friends survey sheds light on the barriers to dog and cat adoption.
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New Jersey declares 'thumbs up' for no-kill
Resolution 237, declaring the intent for New Jersey to be no-kill for shelter dogs and cats by 2025, has passed in the state assembly.
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Another successful super adoption as L.A. gets closer to NKLA
Super pet adoption events and animal adoption in general bring LA closer and closer to being no-kill. The killing in animal shelters will soon stop.
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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's shelters.
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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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Taking an entire state to no-kill
With an 84.2 percent save rate in Utah for 2015, the 56 partners in the NKUT coalition are making incredible headway in creating a no-kill state.
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Once more with feeling: Save Them All!
Animal advocates must work together, learn from others' success and be open to new ideas to achieve no-kill.
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Enshrining the rights of pets
The town of Trigueros del Valle in Spain passes a bill of rights for pets called the Renedo Declaration.
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Happy National Feral Cat Day!
National Feral Cat Day is October 16, 2015. This is a special day to recognize TNR as the only humane method of controlling feral cat populations.
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Austin names new animal services chief
New Austin animal services chief Tawny Hammond brings experience and leadership from Fairfax County, Virginia, the nation's largest no-kill jurisdiction.
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A nod to the innovator of our era, the father of the no-kill movement retires
Rich Avanzino‘s innovative thinking and business sense, from the San Francisco SPCA to Maddie's Fund, transformed animal welfare.
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Confused about what no-kill means and doesn’t mean?
Confused about what no-kill is? There are many inaccuracies surrounding no-kill policies and practices. This post sets the record straight.
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