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“Good Samaritan Bill” Now Law in Illinois

“Good Samaritan Bill” Now Law in Illinois

Now citizens can provide free emergency care for injured animals without fear of lawsuit

Next Puppy Mill Auction in WI Announced


Dispelling a Persistent Rumor

Women who are pregnant are in no danger from their pet cats

Chilling With Your Best Friend

Here’s a different way you can relax and enjoy your pet’s company.

Animal Sense

If we pay attention, animals can tell us things we aren’t sensitive enough to pick up on our own.

Food from Illinois PETCO Distribution Center Seized

U.S Marshals confiscate pet food due to unsanitary conditions.

Best Friends is Coming to Chicago - Next Week!!

Mark your calendars for Friday, June 20.

The Other Health Care Crisis

People and pets are both hit hard by rising health care costs.

6th Annual Chain Off Event

Animal advocates to spend 24 hours chained to doghouses

Animal Sacrifice

As people are being forced to vacate their homes due to foreclosure, pets are being left behind.

Canned Food Drive with a Twist!

Cindy Hall raises funds for Best Friends Animal Society using a new and improved "canned food drive"

Beaglefest 2008

Join BREW Midwest for their 6th annual Beaglefest! This year it will be held at Bark Avenue Daycamp in Bartlett, IL on Saturday, June 7th from 11am-4pm.

Bichon "Free" - A Florida Rescue Gives Them A Second Chance


Illinois Legislation Reflects Positive Changes

Legislature in Illinois is in session, and some proposed laws can help to benefit animals.

Lost Dog in Chicago

Please help find Theodore!

Rescued Animals, Rescuing Kids


Illinois Rescue Needs Help Treating Heartworm Positive Dogs

Heartworm Crisis in Southern Illinois Shelters: Act now - we are losing time and lives!

Vote for Dundee Boy!

Dundee Boy (a former Best Friends Dog) and his best pal Scruffy Doo could be on a TV commercial in Chicago if they get enough votes!

Update on Thorp, #171...


Be Lucky's Four Leaf Clover and Help Change His Fate


IL Horses Need Your Support

HB 4162, a bill that prohibits transport of horses on double-deck trailers, will be voted on in the Illinois House of Representatives next week.

Best Friends Joins Forces with Safe Humane Chicago

This begins an innovative public/private coalition in Chicago working to end violence toward animals and people.

Rescuing the "Golden Years"

By: Becky Monroe, Network Volunteer

A Caring Place Humane Society Pays it Forward

By: Becky Monroe; Network Volunteer

Rapid Response is Preparing For Deployment on March 2008 Midwest Floods

Since Thursday, dramatic rises have occurred in the rivers within the states of Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas.

A Dog Auction… My own personal experience – Part TWO

Becky contines her story

A Dog Auction...my personal experience...

This experience changed my life. I hope you will read this two part segment and realize Puppy Mills need to be outlawed - TODAY.

Rainbow Bridge - A Dog's Story...

Hot off the Press!

Another unlicensed breeder caught in the act (of cruelty)

49 Dogs Confiscated from a “breeding shed” on property just outside of Chicago

8th Annual Prairie State Animal Welfare Conference

Take part in the IAWF's annual Animal Welfare Conference June 9-10, 2008 in Rockford, IL at the Clock Tower Resort.

Take a Stand Against Puppy Mills

Help change the horror of WI puppy mills on March 12, 2008...

Does Your Dog 'Got Game?'

A national on-line contest to see whose dog enjoys sports the most!

Sight for Sore Eyes

It’s the kind of story anyone in animal rescue longs to hear: a sickly stray at a county shelter marked for euthanasia, saved and adopted.

Adoption Fee Waived for Chubby Kitties

Animal Protective League features flabby felines and more.

Animals Are Not Toys

Words of wisdom to keep in mind at the holidays, and any time you think of giving an animal as a gift.

"It's Not Cool to Be Cruel" Campaign


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