CritterBlog

Best Friends Week

July 19-25, 2009, is Best Friends Week, marking the 25th anniversary of the Best Friends Animal Society (BFAS). The mission of Best Friends can be summed up in one phrase: No More Homeless Pets. The organization is a grassroots network of people and groups that care for and about animals.

In addition to their campaigns promoting dog and cat adoption, ending puppy mills, and challenging the negative public perceptions about Pit Bulls, BFAS runs a sanctuary at Angel Canyon, Utah. The sanctuary is home to as many as 2,000 animals on any given day. Many of them arrive with special needs, requiring behavioral training and medical treatment before they can be placed in permanent homes. Others are too old, ill or traumatized to be put up for adoption. These critters live out the remainder of their lives at the sanctuary.

You can follow the stories of some of the animals and their caregivers on the DogTown television show, broadcast on the National Geographic Channel.