Best Friends Animal Society CEO Julie Castle told Newsweek that "no-kill is not only widely accepted but has also become the new normal." ...

FOR UNCOATED STOCK (PRNewsfoto/Best Friends Animal Society) Best Friends attributes the positive pet lifesaving numbers to a trend showing increased support and momentum for no-kill* shelter ...

Best Friends attributes the positive pet lifesaving numbers to a trend showing increased support and momentum for no-kill* shelter programs across the country. Over the last eight years ...

If 5,726 more Virginia households had adopted a pet from a shelter last year, we would have reached a statewide 90% save rate ...

The save rate for homeless dogs and cats in Virginia’s shelters last year was 86% – just 4% shy of the nationally-recognized ...

James Foster/For the Sun-Times Share Illinois is closer than ever to becoming a no-kill state for pets in shelters, and every resident can play a role in making it happen. Two-thirds of Illinois ...

Shelter employees have been working to reach no-kill status, defined as a combined gross save rate of 90% maintained for six months, since 2022 and have seen an improvement in their rate each year.

Shelter employees have been working to reach no-kill status, defined as a combined gross save rate of 90% maintained for six months. GDCAS attributes their progress to multiple factors.