Thursday, July 2, 2009

Legacy of love

Former caregiver wills funds to build a cattery for the lobby cats at Morgaine’s. Now every cat can feel the breeze!

‘Look Ma! No treats!’

Pepe the pig learns that love and attention can be more important than treats.

On your mark, get set...

New dog park at Dogtown Heights brings more fun to more dogs!

Finding her way

One Best Friends intern’s plan for focusing her studies takes her in several fun and rewarding directions.

Birthday bash extraordinaire

Maisy shares her ninth birthday with the animals at Best Friends!

Good to the bone

A red-tailed hawk arrives at Best Friends with an open fracture.

Close call

Tuli the rabbit depended on the kindness of strangers and it paid off.

Community Training Partners

Retired police officer turns his dog training efforts to Best Friends' new Community Training Partners program.

Mr. Hard-to-get

Captain the Amazon finds there really is a good life--at Best Friends Parrot Garden.

Search and service

Best Friends introduces a new program to train shelter canines to become search and rescue dogs—and it all starts at our own Dogtown.

Feeling lucky?

For the kittens at Best Friends, thirteen is a very lucky number.

Good for what ails ya'

Even expired antivenom medicine can work on animals who have been bitten by poisonous snakes.

Camping out

Metro, the pig, adds a new dimension to the phrase 'pup tent.'

If T-shirts could talk

California couple have been volunteering at Best Friends since 1993 and have the T-shirts to prove it!

Munching their way to paradise

Dandelions make this rabbit pair’s new home an Eden!

Well-meant, but bad idea

Unintentionally poisoned, a grosbeak is finally released after a year in wildlife rehab.

Bottle baby bonanza

It's kitten season all over the place.

Bark it up!

It was Alexandra's birthday party, but everything went to the dogs (at Best Friends)!

Leap of faith

These three cats would like a shoulder to land on forever.

It's that season again

The number of orphaned wildlife received by Best Friends keeps mounting.

I spy with my little eye…

Best Friends 00Kitten campaign spotlights the newest kittens of the season.

Sponsoring frenzy

California member takes Best Friends animal sponsorships to a whole new level.

Splish, splash, squish

The pigs at Best Friends add a new dimension to “mud bath.”

Climbing her way to her forever home

Keystone the dog is learning to abandon her vagabond ways.

Mystery guest

What has golden eyes, a coat as black as coal and lives in a badger hole?

And we have a winner!

One lucky lady won a free trip to Las Vegas and Best Friends. You can win too!

Is that a horse with eight legs?

Meet Bonnie and Clyde. They love each other so much they're inseparable.

The art of healing

All it takes is the skill of a great vet, the attention of loving caregivers and the friendship of another bird.

Lucas the magnificent

Now safe at Best Friends, the former grand champion of Michael Vick’s dogfighting ring is really a happy, goofy fellow.

Petco or bust!

Hop down the bunny trail to the Washington City, Utah, Petco and adopt a Best Friends' rabbit!

Princess Brittany, we’ll never forget you!

The ruler of Piggy Paradise makes her journey across the Rainbow Bridge.

A different kind of souvenir

Volunteers take home more than souvenirs when they attend free dog training classes at Dogtown.

A meeting of ‘bad boys’

Actor and Golden Globe-winner Mickey Rourke adopts a troubled parrot from Best Friends.

It starts ...

Spring brings a bounty of kittens and lots of smiles to Cat World.

Spreading the word

If you can’t get enough of Best Friends when you visit, well, just move to Kanab. That’s just what one Seattle couple did!

Daphne the daring

Daphne the pig can move fast when she she's on a mission, especially when someone else's treats are her goal.

Sleepover central

The special cats at Casa de CalMar are now available for sleepovers!

Easy does it

An enterprising volunteer discovers 'Back Saver' and helps save the Best Friends' medical team from pain!

The new Nicole

A clever caregiver helps Nicole the dog find her friendly side.

Horsing around

A spirited Arabian learns that the world’s a big, wide wonderful place.

Lucky ducks

Ducks Eugene and Bert go from hard luck to good luck, thanks to a wonderful couple from Texas.

Like kids in a candy store

Pigs love to root around in their new exercise park.

Anybody bring the popcorn?

Obilio the cat discovers the joys of TV, kitty style.

Walking in style

Sugar Baby the horse discovers a whole new world.

Learning to love again

And what better place to take lessons than at the Parrot Garden?

An inexact science

Local student's science project is way better than building a volcano.

'They picked me!'

Bashful bird pair make a very wise choice.

It can be a scary world

Redwing the horse is learning to overcome her fears with a little help from her friends.

Calling all volunteers!

Dogtown staff overjoyed by the many tasks volunteers are willing to do.

Opossum opposites

The two marsupials at Best Friends have been named.

No ordinary interview

ESPN crew gets more kisses than they bargained for when they visit the Michael Vick dogs at the sanctuary.

A new beginning

New lives for many parrots, thanks to Best Friends and two rescue groups.

Out to pasture?

The “pasture pals” at Best Friends prove that a horse’s happiness lives on after his riding days are over.

The other side of Dagwood

Usually mild-mannered, this pig threw a monster-fit when home remodeling wasn’t going fast enough.

Quiet as a rabbit?

A raucous parrot becomes a welcomed member of a silent community.

The french fries caper

Once Milo realized that people everywhere were really just vending machines in blue jeans, his whole world opened up.

Here comes Bryce!

Finally healed after his foot was caught in a gate, he’s ready to romp.

For the love of food

There doesn’t seem to be anything Andrew the cat won’t do for a treat! But his caregivers are determined to help him slim down.

Awwww, look at the cute birds

That’s the parrot talking! And it got her a great home.

Still smiling

Cherry's fans are cheering him on, and up!

Boomer's first slumber party

He’s waited a long time to get picked by a visitor, but he did great!

Pig in straw

A new pig at Best Friends seems to think he’s made it to paradise!

Rabbits setting the table

A donation of silverware gives Best Friends bunnies an idea!

What a birthday party

Pigs went on sleepovers, friends celebrated in the Best Friends canyons, and the puppies got a park donated!