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Sign Up Today for No More Homeless Pets Conference

Sign Up Today for No More Homeless Pets Conference

Early-bird pricing deadline quickly approaching

World Animal Day 2008

Love, Care, and Protection on October 4th

Assessing Where Senators Obama and MCain Stand

Compassion for a special class of nonhuman animals remains an unplayed card in the upcoming presidential campaign

For the Love of Louie...And Those Like Him

Act to End Animal Homelessness Once and For All

Pig-headed

Call to action to recommend alternatives to military “live tissue training.”

Last chance at the Racing Laps for Best Friends 2008 Raffle!

Don’t miss your chance to win packages at the famous Bertil Roos Racing School in a raffle to benefit the Best Friends Animal Society as part of Indy Pro Series driver Andrew Prendeville's popular

TripAdvisor Proclaims People Picky About Pro-Pet Properties

Survey Reveals travelers annoyed about risks to pets on planes

Shooting Pigs Part of Army Training for Iraq

Controlled Exercise Said to Be Best Possible Training for Field Duty

Northern Wildfire Smoke May Cast Shadow on Arctic Warming

The Arctic may get some temporary relief from global warming if the annual North American wildfire season intensifies, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado and NOAA.

Baked, Boiled and Broiled

What Most People Don’t See About Their Seafood

Best Friends Has Advice for Presidential Hopeful Barack Obama: Embrace Change, Adopt Dog from Shelter or Breed Rescue Group

If Barack Obama is all about change, Best Friends Animal Society has a suggestion regarding the presidential candidate’s reported search for a family dog: “Adopt from a local animal shelter.”

Your Letters Needed -- Petition Filed to Urge Military to End Live Animal Use in Medical Student Courses

Live animals, such as ferrets and pigs, are used in medical student courses at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, MD, and Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. USUHS is the country's only military medical school, and the teaching methods it uses impact medical student training at military facilities across the country.

Whatever Happened to "Save the Whales"?

We're still killing the creatures with the biggest brains on the planet—to make dog food

Animal Planet and Comcast Invite VT Residents & their Pets to Join in Free Fun at ANIMAL PLANET EXPO

New Series Pursues a Chess Match at the Far End of the Globe between Hardline Non-Profit and Japanese Ships in a Battle to Stop Controversial Hunting

Love to Visit Best Friends? Tell the Los Angeles Times!

Do at least one good thing this summer! Help spread the word of the wonders of Best Friends.

'Use Your Cell Phone to Prevent Losing Your Pet' from PetMD.org

Cell phones are how we keep in contact with each other and it is also how we can keep in contact with our pets.

Anything Can Happen

Whether it's a quick trip around the block or hundreds of vacation miles, when a pet is your travel companion in the car, remember, “Anything Can Happen,” and you'll always be prepared.

Paws Need Claws

Choose Modification Rather Than Mutilation

Aging animals pose challenge for zoos

Wild animals in captivity may live longer than their wild counterparts, and may also develop age-related issues heretofore unobserved in their species

FDA Requests Seizure of Animal Food Products at PETCO Distribution Center

Today, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S.

Finally, common sense & sticker shock drive down bottled water demand to everyone's benefit

The thrifty thirsty reach for tap water

Study shows ban on horse slaughter would not result in numbers of unwanted horses

Utah (June 17, 2008) -- A study recently completed by researchers working with Animal Law Coalition, examined trends in horse slaughter in the U.S.

Queen of Hearts

The Face, Hands, and Yes, the Hearts Behind Homeless Animals’ Day

Hilton Hotels & Resorts Builds on New Pet Friendly Program Through Partnership with Pet Shelters Across America

Hotelier Donating $500,000 Over Three Years to Member Shelters

What's In A Word?

Promoting Respect and Compassion through Non-Speciesist Language

Program to Help Families Care for Pets During Financial Crisis

HSUS offering grants to shelters and rescue groups to help families keep their pets

Of Donkeys and Dogs

A Modern Day Greek Tragedy

Leading the National Movement to End Failing 'Animal Control' Policies

Alley Cat Allies' President, Becky Robinson, Seeks End to Widespread Killing of Cats in U.S. Animal Shelters

Puppy Mills and the AKC

They are closer than you think.

Loving Animals to Death

When Shelters Kill in the Name of Mercy

Alaska Wolf begins new life at sanctuary

Far from the little red riding hood-fattened wolf image of fairy tales, Lobo, an Alaskan wolf, arrived at the Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary a scared, emaciated version of the canine predator.

"It's Not Cool to Be Cruel" Campaign


Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center - Adopt a animal today

By adopting an animal at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, you help pay for the daily care and feeding of that animal for a year.

New Best Friends Community established for Teens


Best Wildlife Viewing Sites


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