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How many animals have Best Friends animal Society saved? ›

Thanks to you, 3.6 million cats and dogs were saved in shelters across the country in 2022. From tiny kittens to senior pups, that's 3.6 million reasons to celebrate as Best Friends works with animal welfare partners and caring people like you to lead the United States to no-kill in 2025.

Located five miles north of Kanab, Utah, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is the largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals in the country.

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Pet store puppies come from puppy mills. Responsible breeders do not sell their puppies to pet stores because they want to meet their puppy buyers in person—and a majority of national breed clubs' codes of ethics prohibit or discourage their members from selling their dogs to pet stores.

ANIMAL WATCH-A lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court against Best Friends Animal Society in 2016, after a savage attack on a 13-year-old girl by a 52-pound Pit Bull-type dog, named Bleu, taken from a Los Angeles Animal Services shelter by Best Friends Animal Society, and reportedly adopted to a family as “ ...

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Even if the animals are of an endangered species, keeping them in a zoo for the sake of the species violates their rights because the good of the species cannot be put above the rights of the individual. On the other hand, sanctuaries rescue animals who cannot live in the wild and can survive only in captivity.

Register - 2024 Best Friends National Conference. Already registered? Join us at the Best Friends National Conference, happening July 11-13 in Orlando, Florida, and bring lifesaving home.

Take a trip with your best furry friend! Stay at the Best Friends Roadhouse and Mercantile and volunteer at the Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah. Abbie Mood Lang was on a solo trip to the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, one of the country's largest refuges for companion animals on 3,700 acres of property.

The best-paying job in Los Angeles at Best Friends Animal Society is chief executive officer, which pays an average of $204,167 annually.

What is the most honest animal charity? ›

A lifesaving gift for homeless pets. Your gift goes straight to work providing care and companionship to homeless dogs and cats here in Los Angeles, and ensuring that they get the support they need to find loving homes.

Common problems in the pet-shop industry include selling sick and injured animals, failing to provide proper veterinary care, keeping animals in unsanitary conditions, and using inhumane methods to dispose of sick or unwanted animals.

Don't get a puppy from a pet store

Despite what they may tell you, most pet stores do sell puppy mill puppies. Unless the store is "puppy-friendly" by sourcing homeless pups from local animal shelters, you have to be very careful about a pet store's link to puppy mills.

Efforts to conserve species have resulted in saving at least 48 mammals and birds from extinction since the early 1990s. The rates of extinction would have been three or four times higher if actions like captive breeding hadn't been taken, according to a recent study in Conservation Letters.

Best Friends Animal Society salaries range between $24,000 to $64,000 per year in Los Angeles.

Jane Goodall. One of the most well-known and celebrated animal activists is the one and only Jane Goodall. Now considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, she shook up the scientific community when she became the first to argue that chimpanzees have emotions and personalities.