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Los Angeles Poised To Take The Lead Against Puppy Mills

It’s no secret that most pet stores sell puppies sourced from puppy mills. The puppy in the window is the smiley face plastered on top of an industry built on cruelty. Puppy mills had been the...
Aug 8, 2012

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High-Volume Adoption Model Controversy

Note from editor: High-volume adoption strategies should in no way change screening processes that help rescuers ensure that an animal is being adopted into a good home — not just any home. One...
Aug 2, 2012

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Support USDA Proposal To Close Puppy Mill Loophole

Following is a re-post of Julie Castle’s June 21st blog about a loophole in the Animal Welfare Act that allows many puppy mills to avoid regulation or inspection. The public comment period for this...
Jul 27, 2012

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Michael Vick’s Dog Adoption App

Pro football star Michael Vick has written a book that will be out in September, and he is promoting it on the talk and sports show circuits. True to form, Vick and his handlers continue to offend...
Jul 20, 2012

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$5,000 Reward Offered In Animal Abuse Case

This is a sad story, so get ready. This story highlights the senseless cruelty that sick, weak people inflict on helpless animals. This sort of thing happens somewhere everyday and always elicits a...
Jul 14, 2012

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NKLA Makes Its Mark

In October of 2011, NKLA, funded by Best Friends, began a financial incentive program to encourage participating organizations to focus a bit more of their resources into finding homes for animals...
Jul 11, 2012

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You, Your Pets, And The Fourth Of July

Every holiday has its own set of pet safety tips associated with it. Christmas tips, for example, tend to list the variety of things your pet is liable to eat or chew — everything from overly rich...
Jul 4, 2012

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Kitten Season And The Irrationality Of The Anti-TNR Crowd

Shelters and rescues across the country are awash in kittens. They arrive in boxes, carriers, and the arms of people who pull them out of a crawl space, garage or woodpile. The number of kittens...
Jun 29, 2012

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Lord & Taylor Steps Up For Homeless Pets

Lord & Taylor, the upscale department store chain with locations concentrated in the East and Midwest, is partnering with Best Friends Animal Society to host local pet adoptions at all 46 of...
Jun 23, 2012

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USDA Poised To Close Puppy Mill Loophole

Puppy mills are a cruel disgrace. Overcrowding, overbreeding, congenital diseases and neglect are rampant throughout the commercial breeding industry. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
Jun 22, 2012

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Kevin Nealon Pitches NKLA

“Weeds” star and “Saturday Night Live” alum Kevin Nealon has been a longtime animal advocate. He first worked with Best Friends on a PSA in 2005 for a month-long Los Angeles spay/neuter...
Jun 19, 2012

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Maryland Court Ruling Hearkens Back To Middle Ages

Medieval English forest laws required dogs who had heads larger than a certain size and who lived within or close to royal hunting forests to have three toes chopped off their front paws so that...
Jun 16, 2012

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No-Kill West Valley City

Demonstrating once again that animal welfare knows no political boundaries, a commitment to no-kill has become an electoral plus for an increasing number of city councils. Not to be left out of the...
Jun 6, 2012

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Back In Black Hits Home (Literally!)

May is Back in Black month, Best Friends’ national promotion for boosting the adoptions of black shelter pets. In the spirit of the times, I recently adopted a black dog from Best Friends Pet...
May 30, 2012

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Vicktory Dogs’ Purple Collars And Golden Hearts

The Vicktory dogs continue to amaze and defy the stereotyping that almost cost them their lives. Indeed, the life expectancy of the rescued canine victims of dog-fighting busts used to be shorter...
May 24, 2012

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Best Friends Tops Harris Brand Of The Year Poll Again

For the second year running, Best Friends Animal Society has topped Harris Interactive’s 2012 Harris Poll EquiTrend® study.* In 2011, all nonprofits were rated collectively, and Best Friends took...
May 22, 2012

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New Adoption Center In Salt Lake City

When Best Friends/No More Homeless Pets in Utah opened Furburbia in Cottonwood Mall in Salt Lake City in 2000, it was one of the first retail-style pet adoption stores (if not the first such store)...
May 17, 2012

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United Airlines Ends Discriminatory Policy

It didn’t take long for United Airlines to respond to the outpouring of public sentiment regarding the ban on pit-bull-type dogs and other breeds that the airline imposed in March of this...
May 11, 2012

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NKLA Questions And Answers

As we move into the second month of the NKLA effort to take Los Angeles no-kill, the response has been incredible. It seems like the entire city has put its focus on the issues facing animals in...
May 9, 2012

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Best Friends Launches Progressive Community Cat Programs

I’ve talked to thousands of community cat caregivers over the last 20 years and discovered so many of their stories are similar to my own. They never saw themselves as a cat lady (or cat guy), but...
May 8, 2012

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