 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 year. On May 8th, thanks to the efforts of a Hawaiian pit bull terrier owner, Jessie Huart, who started a petition on Change.org, as well as the support of Best Friends Animal Society and our members who helped the petition grow to 45,000 names, United’s skies became friendly once again. Read more... Kitten fosters needed! 05/09/2012
 What’s one of the most fun, rewarding ways of working toward No More Homeless Pets? Fostering a homeless kitten! Free Fix L.A., a Best Friends spay/neuter program for community cats in five communities in the San Fernando Valley, needs some compassionate people to help care for orphaned kittens until they can find loving, forever homes. Continue Reading... WHY BLACK PETS? 05/07/2012
 Even though they make wonderful pets with great personalities, black dogs and cats are often overlooked for adoption, but why? After all, the color of a pet's fur has no relationship to their ability to provide unconditional love, companionship and devotion. Here are a couple of theories: Bad photos hinder "love at first sight." Black dogs and cats are harder to photograph because their eyes are close to the color of their fur and their facial expressions and personalities don't always shine through in pictures. That's a real disadvantage since many adopters "meet" their new best friends online. Continue reading...  The launch of NKLA — No-Kill Los Angeles — has been filled with celebrations and celebrities, but now that things have settled down a bit, I’d like to share a more detailed view regarding the substance of the campaign and the plan for ending the killing in L.A. shelters. Taking Los Angeles no-kill is a job that is too big for any single agency. Our answer is to bring as many stakeholders to the table as possible — L.A. Animal Services, the city government, the rescue community, spay/neuter providers, and the business community. Continue reading...  I’m sitting in the shade of a tree watching a huge crowd of people at La Brea Tar Pits park circulate among the kennels and booths at Best Friends Super Adoption. This is at least the 26th of these events that we’ve hosted in L.A. since the first in April of 2000 that took place at this very location. Back then, it was Silva and me, and a small crew of volunteers with E-Z UP canopies that they’d borrowed from one of the local companies that lease production supplies to independent film productions. It was a bit crazy and chaotic, but we accomplished the goal of getting the rescues and their animals and the city shelter animals together in one place for the public to meet and fall in love with. We also had a ventriloquist, fire juggler, homeless balloon artist, face painters, troupe of giant puppets, and bunch of psychic readers. I’m not sure what logic went into assembling that collection of collateral talent, but it sure was a lot of fun, and we found homes for a couple hundred homeless pets, which was a great first outing. Continue Reading... Best Friends Super Pet Adoption, Day One! 04/29/2012
In case you missed day one, don't worry, we've got you covered with tons of photos. There's still time to join in on the fun, day two is today. Come down to the La Brea Tar Pits from 11am-4pm for the Best Friends Animal Society Super Pet Adoption event.
Pet Super Adoptions this weekend 04/27/2012
 True to form, Los Angeles started a trend 12 years ago that’s been catching on from coast to coast ever since. Best Friends’ first Pet Super Adoption to find homes for hundreds of dogs and cats was held in L.A. in April of 2000. Salt Lake City was an early adopter — so to speak — and the first event was held there in September of the same year. Both cities were 10 years ahead of New York, where the first Super Adoption took place in 2010. Jacksonville will hold its first event next month. To date, Best Friends Animal Society has organized more than 60 Pet Super Adoptions in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and New York, featuring an estimated 50,000 participating pets. At least half of those animals were adopted through the events, with many more taken in by participating rescue groups. It all adds up to a lot of lives saved! Continue reading...  "Beetlejuice" More than 17,000 healthy or treatable animals were killed in shelters last year. And while City Council members and Angelenos come together to make Los Angeles a No-Kill City, there are still tens of thousands of animals that are already in shelters and sanctuaries that need homes now. HuffPost LA is launching a monthly series where we will feature local animals that are available for adoption. Continue reading...  In April 2007, the news about Michael Vick’s involvement in an illegal dog-fighting operation broke. Bad Newz Kennels was named after the town where Vick and his entourage were raised — Newport News, Virginia — a hardscrabble community across the bay from the Norfolk shipyards. Continue reading...  Thanks to the nearly 56,000 calls and e-mails you sent to the California state legislature, both the Senate and Assembly Budget Subcommittees have unanimously rejected the governor's proposal to repeal the Hayden mandate, which means that it will not be included in the budget currently being considered by the legislature. Governor Brown can now complete the process by removing the Hayden repeal language from his May Revise budget. Please take a moment to contact Governor Brown and politely ask him to remove the Hayden mandate repeal from his May Revise. You can also click here to go to an easy-to use form to e-mail the governor. | WHAT'S NEW?
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