Best Friends Animal Society - PRWeb Press Release Group http://www.rsspad.com/rss2/77054.xml Best Friends Animal Society - Powered by PRWeb and RSSPad en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 A Puppy-Store-Free-USA Video Contest Finalists Announced http://www.prweb.com/releases/puppy/mills/prweb1467794.htm People from across the country have submitted videos aimed at getting out the truth about puppy stores and Best Friends Animal Society is announcing the three finalists. Now it's time for the public to vote, but hurry, the deadline is Sunday, October 25. Everyone is invited to go to A Puppy-Store-Free USA http://puppystorefreeusa.com/voting/ to help choose the winning video. The prize is a trip for two to Best Friends annual Lint Roller Party on Nov. 13 at the Hollywood Palladium http://www.lintrollerparty.org/. (PRWeb Oct 14, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/puppy/mills/prweb1467794.htm Best Friends Offers to Help Obamas Find Shelter Dog http://www.prweb.com/releases/obama/dog/prweb1418304.htm Best Friends Animal Society, which operates the nation's largest companion animal sanctuary, and is the home of the hit National Geographic Channel show "Dogtown," offers to tap its vast network of shelters and rescuers around the country to help match the Obamas with just the right dog. (PRWeb Oct 3, 2008)

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]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/obama/dog/prweb1418304.htm 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' Stars Speak Out on Best Friends' Viral PSA Campaign Urging People to Adopt Rescued Chihuahuas http://www.prweb.com/releases/chihuahua/adopt/prweb1421234.htm Chihuahua pleads: 'Don't buy my family'While rescue groups and shelters brace themselves for the expected "buyers demand" for Chihuahuas when the Disney film "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" hits the theaters this weekend, the stars of this movie are speaking out on behalf of the little dogs locked in puppy mils and pet stores. (PRWeb Oct 3, 2008)

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]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/chihuahua/adopt/prweb1421234.htm Horse's Leg Amputated and Fitted with a Prosthesis, Riley Returns to Best Friends with a Lifesaving Lesson http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1269104.htm A rare medical procedure gives Riley the horse a new life at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, home of the second chances. It's a practice so common in the horse world that it's become a given: if a horse breaks or develops an infection in his leg, there's nothing to be done other than put him down.That conventional wisdom, however, is being challenged by Riley, a female buckskin quarter horse living at Horse Haven. (PRWeb Sep 4, 2008)

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]]> Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1269104.htm End of the Line for Backwoods Puppy Mill in West Virginia; Best Friends Helps Close Door on Large-Scale Breeding Operation http://www.prweb.com/releases/puppy/mill/prweb1244104.htm More than 1,000 puppies have a new lease on life following their discovery Saturday in a large puppy mill breeding facility tucked away in the backwoods of West Virginia, just outside of city of Parkersburg. Best Friends Animal Society is on site working with local Wood County law enforcement officials, the Humane Society of Parkersburg and the Humane Society of the United States, and late Saturday began rescuing scores of dogs from the Whispering Oaks Kennels. (PRWeb Aug 25, 2008)

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]]> Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/puppy/mill/prweb1244104.htm Best Friends Has Advice for Presidential Hopeful Barack Obama: Embrace Change, Adopt Dog from Shelter or Breed Rescue Group http://www.prweb.com/releases/barack/dog/prweb1106254.htm 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."The Utah-based organization feels so strongly about its message that it has launched the web site "obamafamilydog.com," to spread the word about the importance of adopting from a shelter or breed rescue organization. The new web site gives people a chance to sign a petition that urges the Obama Family to adopt a mixed breed rescue dog--a recommendation in direct contrast to the American Kennel Club's purebred-only suggestions for the Obamas. (PRWeb Jul 16, 2008)

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]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/barack/dog/prweb1106254.htm City Councilman Tony Cardenas Challenges Citizens of Los Angeles to Stand Up and Be Counted in Opposition to Horrid Puppy Mill Cruelty http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1091854.htm City Councilman Tony Cardenas is no stranger when it comes to speaking out for the animals. And Wednesday he didn't mince words when he issued a challenge to join "A Puppy-Store-Free LA" campaign to stop the sale of puppy mill dogs in Greater Los Angeles.Before a packed news conference at Luxe Hotel Sunset Boulevard, Cardenas joined actress Maggie Q and Chris DeRose, founder of Last Chance for Animals; along with Julie Castle and Francis Battista of Best Friends Animal Society. (PRWeb Jul 10, 2008)

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