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Rich Avanzino, or the "Father of the no-kill movement" is president of San Francisco SPCA. Avanzino gives notice to the city of San Francisco that the society will end animal control services for the city in 1989. http://bestfriends.org/sanctuary/explore-sanctuary
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This year the founders of Best Friends Animal Society broke ground on their no-kill animal sanctuary in Kanab, Utah. Many years later it became the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary, as it remains today.
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Alley Cat Allies is founded by Becky Robinson and Louise Holton and they partnered with Best Friends. The ACA program gives voice to feral cats on a national stage and introduces trap-neuter-return as the most humane and practical method for relating to community cats. http://bestfriends.org/events/best-friends-national-conference/logistics/alley-cat-allies-tours
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No More Homeless Pets in Utah, a program of Best Friends Animal Society launches the first statewide no-kill campaign. No More Homeless Pets in Utah goes on to adopt over 100,000 animals, spay and neuter 237,000, achieve 12 no-kill communities (and counting), and currently has over an 85 percent save rate for dogs statewide.
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Best Friends holds its first No More Homeless Pets Conference in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with more than 300 attendees.
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Best Friends petitioned the state of Virginia in an attempt to save the dogs seized from the Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation. The dogs, once owned by NFL Quarterback Michael Vick were expected to be euthanized for fear of aggressive behavior. Best Friends took in 22 of the most traumatized dogs from the Michael Vick case and rehabilitated re-homed many of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Friends_Animal_Society
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Best Friends and PetSmart Charities funded a program called "Feral Freedom" for free-roaming community cats in Jacksonville, Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Friends_Animal_Society
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Best Friends Animal Society launches No-Kill Los Angeles (NKLA), an initiative to achieve no-kill in America's second-largest city. Over 60 communities in the United States achieve a 90 percent no-kill save rate http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-next-ten-challenge/post_9502_b_7442252.html
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Best Friends Animal Society launches No-Kill Utah (NKUT), an initiative to achieve no-kill in Utah by 2019
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APRA (Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption) joins Best Friends Animal Society and becomes Best Friends Animal Society—Atlanta, leading the way for no-kill to spread throughout the southeast.
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Best Friends Animal Sanctuary begins publishing Best Friends magazine and it quickly becomes the national voice of the no-kill movement and the largest general interest animal publication in the United States.
