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Mar 19, 2007:
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Mar 8, 2007:
Help us meet our goal by helping these animals go home!
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Mar 8, 2007:
Best Friends advisor helps Beirut shelter plan its future as Middle East rescues at sanctuary find permanent homes.
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Mar 2, 2007:
Middle East Adopt-a-thon: Best Buddies and mellow kitties hope for homes soon.
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Feb 26, 2007:
Top shelf canines: these dogs are looking to have happy hour--maybe in your home!
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Feb 22, 2007:
Day One: Looking for you! These Middle East animals are ready to go home.
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Feb 20, 2007:
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Feb 20, 2007:
Vets, trainers, caregivers and an animal communicator pull together a very special dog from Lebanon.
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Feb 7, 2007:
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Jan 26, 2007:
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Jan 10, 2007:
Rescued felines who learn to love and trust long for forever homes.
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Oct 29, 2007:
A Reunion in Oregon for 2 Lebanon Dogs and their BETA Rescuers
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Jan 12, 2007:
Lucky and Frida are ready to bring the joy and love that they have found in each other into their new homes.
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Jan 10, 2007:
Snowflakes bewilder these Middle East refugees that are ready to head to new homes!
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Dec 4, 2006:
Middle East refugees move inside for cozy night's rest
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Nov 29, 2006:
Best Friends' volunteer, Don, hopes all his new friends find new homes for the holidays.
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Nov 27, 2006:
Check in with pilot Juliette Watt as she makes special deliveries. She's bringing Middle East refugees together with their new families.
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Nov 25, 2006:
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Nov 16, 2006:
Cindy, pictured here giving a volunteer an affectionate kiss, is one of many cats rescued from the Middle East looking for forever homes.
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Nov 14, 2006:
HarHour and the other rescued cats have known hard times. Now they're ready to go home!
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Nov 10, 2006:
These two lovable refugees are adopted, but many of their pals still need forever homes.
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Nov 9, 2006:
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Nov 8, 2006:
Emilie ready to em"bark" upon a new life
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Nov 7, 2006:
Meet Claudia, one of 145 cats saved from the Middle East ready for new forever homes. Learn more about adopting these feline refugees.
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Nov 3, 2006:
Lebanon refugees touch volunteers like Jan Roberts.
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Nov 1, 2006:
Beirut refugees capture the heart of Best Friends' cat manager, Mike Bzdewka
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Oct 25, 2006:
Brings together Israelis and Palestinians
Brings together Israelis and Palestinians
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Oct 24, 2006:
Progress at the Beirut Ethical Treatment of Animals slow...and muddy!
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Oct 7, 2006:
Recent refugees capture hearts with wagging tails and smiles
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Oct 5, 2006:
Founder inspired by visit to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
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Oct 3, 2006:
Rapid Response Manager reflects on rescue efforts in Lebanon.
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Oct 2, 2006:
Recent college graduate Josh Gibson makes his first trip out of the country to help Best Friends and BETA rescue animals from Beirut.
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Sep 29, 2006:
Grassroots Lebanese organization champions abandoned animals
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Sep 27, 2006:
Meet some of the cats and dogs whose long journey from Beirut to the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah united people on a quest for compassion.
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Sep 26, 2006:
The newly built Best Friends rescue center, here at the sanctuary, was ready. Best Friends staff and volunteers, and three members of the BETA humane society arrived safely in Las Vegas at approximately 1:00 a.m. PST with 295 cats and dogs. In a few hours, they'd be at the sanctuary.
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Sep 26, 2006:
Well, this is it! The Best Friends Rescue Center located in Angel Canyon, and, the new temporary home for the animals rescued from Beruit.
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Sep 26, 2006:
As 295 dogs and cats settle in to their temporary digs at Best Friends, the story of this amazing airlift goes worldwide.
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Sep 26, 2006:
Joining the airlift from Beirut, a BETA volunteer with one of the dogs
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Sep 26, 2006:
Volunteer Vetrerinarian sees opportunity for international cooperation on his recent trip to Lebanon to help stranded animals.
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Sep 25, 2006:
150 dogs and 145 cats took off from Beirut Int'l Airport at noon local time -- 5 a.m. E.S.T
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Sep 25, 2006:
At 10 a.m. EST, the plane was on the ground in Manchester, England, for refueling
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Sep 25, 2006:
The cargo plane carrying 295 dogs and cats bound for Best Friends Animal Sanctuary stops to refuel at John F. Kennedy Airport. Departing at approximately 6:00 p.m. E.S.T., the flight continues on to Las Vegas.
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Sep 24, 2006:
From Beirut to Best Friends: getting ready for their flight
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Sep 24, 2006:
Taking a final check of the dog crates before it's all aboard for the dogs traveling from Beirut to Best Friends
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Sep 22, 2006:
After a stop and shop in town, BETA and Best Friends host a feeding frenzy
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Sep 22, 2006:
Final preparations are underway to transport animals trapped in the Middle East conflict to the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah
(Photo by Josh Gibson, www.GibsonAdventure.com)
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Sep 20, 2006:
Where a family reunion brings joy and comfort
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Sep 20, 2006:
Best Friends prepares to welcome 300 homeless cats and dogs from Beirut
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Sep 17, 2006:
Salt Lake Tribune's front page story on Best Friends' work with animals of the Middle East
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Sep 16, 2006:
From basement to BETA -- and just in time.
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Sep 16, 2006:
From the Beirut rescue center, a kitten story for your kids!
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Sep 14, 2006:
Animals rekindle hope in the midst of chaos
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Sep 12, 2006:
A typical rescue by the Best Friends team in Beirut
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Sep 6, 2006:
Lebanon runs out of kitten food ... emergency delivery by Best Friends vets/volunteers ... Israelis lift blockade ... we prepare for evacuation. All in the weekly newsletter.
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Sep 1, 2006:
They patroled the streets at all hours feeding animals and searching for strays.
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Aug 30, 2006:
From Joelle at the Beirut shelter: Things are quite crazy here taking care of our animals at the shelter and dealing with SO MANY rescues. This is last night's rescue story:
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Aug 27, 2006:
Hakol Chai has been helping thousands of abandoned animals in the north of Israel.
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Aug 25, 2006:
The ceasefire is quite fragile. And for the animals, life is still very precarious. Please sign the petition to help evacuate some of them to safety.
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Aug 24, 2006:
"Almost a year ago I found myself in New Orleans, covering Hurricane Katrina ... This month, I have been in Lebanon, covering the war ... And every night our crew would come back to base to the stray animals that lived in the beach sand and rubble and filth around the hotel."
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Aug 20, 2006:
Three members of the BETA team venture back into South Lebanon to help the animals. "The scenes of the bombed bridges, the destroyed buildings, gas stations, restaurants is indescribable."
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Aug 20, 2006:
Continuing the story of the BETA team's journey to feed animals at the zoo -- and the animals they rescued along the way.
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Aug 19, 2006:
BETA's Maggie and Joelle visit a zoo in Tyre to feed the animals
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Aug 17, 2006:
Animals in Lebanon need a Noah’s Ark!
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Aug 17, 2006:
What's happening in relation to cats and other animals? And other questions from people who read our e-mail earlier this week.
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Aug 15, 2006:
BETA never stopped rescuing abandoned animals
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Aug 15, 2006:
Here's a link to the Best Friends Rescue Fund.
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Aug 14, 2006:
Americans offer to adopt animals from Lebanon. Best Friends to organize the evacuation.
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Aug 13, 2006:
ABC TV calls her "Person of the Week"
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Aug 12, 2006:
Your kind donations are providing food and medicine for animals in Beirut.
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Aug 6, 2006:
Traveling as far south as Tyre...
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Aug 5, 2006:
Beta continues fo rescue animals
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Aug 5, 2006:
“I don’t know how to thank you all…”
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Aug 5, 2006:
Daisy: “Me, with my new friend, after my haircut!"
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Aug 4, 2006:
Also news from a village in southern Lebanon
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Aug 4, 2006:
Great response from Best Friends members.
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Aug 3, 2006:
Add bluefin tuna and green turtles to the casualties in the Hezbollah-Israel conflict.
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Aug 2, 2006:
many pets have begun to show serious stress-related symptoms
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Aug 1, 2006:
Environmental 'crisis' in Lebanon
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Aug 1, 2006:
Ready for transport to safety, these three kittens near the zoo were roaming the area starving.
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Aug 1, 2006:
News is urgently needed about the animals in Lebanon.
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Aug 1, 2006:
"Can you help the animals here in lebanon?"
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Jul 30, 2006:
"We have never seen a spill like this.."
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Jul 29, 2006:
“nearly two weeks since the fighting…has begun”
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Jul 29, 2006:
NY Times reports casualties now trees, air and sea
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Jul 29, 2006:
Four tons of food, hundreds of water containers sent to northern Israel
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Jul 29, 2006:
They've rescued three vervet monkeys, a mother and two youngsters.
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Jul 28, 2006:
Risking their lives to evacuate the animals,
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Jul 28, 2006:
Here's a link to the Best Friends Rescue Fund.
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Jul 27, 2006:
Abandoned dogs, cats, hit by Katyusha rockets
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Jul 25, 2006:
Two visitors to Best Friends working to help pets of the half million displaced people in Lebanon.
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Jul 24, 2006:
Useful links and information
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Jul 24, 2006:
BETA has moved all the kittens to a new safer location.
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Jul 22, 2006:
We have all been very busy moving the dogs...
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Jul 21, 2006:
The largest problem animals face in the north is the lack of food and water.
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Jul 20, 2006:
Almost miraculously, the dogs will all, by tomorrow, be out of Beirut, and up in the mountains.
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Jul 20, 2006:
One dog killed in attack in Sfat
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Jul 19, 2006:
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK / By Kerry Sanders, Correspondent, NBC News July 19, 2006
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Jul 19, 2006:
One of the dog shelters was hit. Trying to move animals to new shelter.
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Jul 18, 2006:
An overcrowded shelter in northern Israel, in the war zone, has received some much needed help.
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Jul 18, 2006:
Message from Canadian gov't to their expats and tourists
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Jul 18, 2006:
July 18, Washington DC: From the State Dept. 11 a.m. Excerpt from a message to WSPA, from a contact at the State
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Jul 18, 2006:
A German lady offers BETA a place to house their homeless pets
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Jul 17, 2006:
From BETA in Beirut: "We will never, never, never, leave these helpless animals alone!"
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Jul 17, 2006:
July 17th, Beirut: Our dogs are very close to the area of attack
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Jul 16, 2006:
From BETA: The dog shelter is on the border of Dahye, the area that’s being bombed the most.
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Jul 15, 2006:
First report from Beirut for the Ethical Treatment --BETA.(Note: not related to the U.S. group PETA)
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