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FIDO Friendly Magazine 17th Annual Cross-country Pet Adoption Tour: Get Your Licks on Route 66®
August 03, 2025 • Travel • Rescue
That's a wrap for our 17th Annual cross-country pet adoption tour, Get Your Licks on Route 66®. Another 1200 pets found new forever homes bringing the total to 21,000 pets adopted in the first 17 years.. Check back as we start planning the 2026 trip down America's Favorite Highway!On the Road Again!
We’re revving up for another heartwarming ride to help save the lives of shelter... -
Canine SurFURs Get Ready to Splash into Class - Helen Woodward’s Surf Dog Lessons are Back
July 24, 2025 • Health & Wellness • Rescue
Canine SurFURs Get Ready to Splash into Class!
While human students are enjoying their summer break away from studies, adventure-bound hounds are antsy to dive into class with Helen Woodward Animal Center. The Center’s annual Surf Dog lessons at Dog Beach in Del Marare set to make a splash, starting this weekend. Book-study isn’t required, but the wag-filled classes will have beach-loving...
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How to Keep Your Pets Cool Now that Warm Summer Days Have Arrived
June 10, 2025 • Health & Wellness • Rescue
Best Friends Animal Society Offers Safety Tips to Beat the Heat
Temperatures are rising across the country, leading people and their pets to spend more time outdoors. With the official start of summer on the horizon, knowing how to keep pets safe during fun in the sun is essential to their overall well-being.
Best Friends Animal Society, a leading national animal welfare organization...
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PetPlace® and Pets Best Insurance Honor Five Extraordinary Pet Rescues as “Heroic Hearts Collective”
April 14, 2025 • Rescue
More than 15,000 nominations were submitted in support of pet rescues and shelters from coast to coast.
Pet rescues nationwide are facing more challenges than ever before, including overcrowding, increased surrenders, rising costs, and lack of funding to name a few. Today, on National Pet Day, which celebrates the forgotten pets in shelters, PetPlace & Pets Best honor five rescues whose work...
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Fostering a dog to heal a grieving heart during the LA fires
January 20, 2025 • Rescue
In the midst of the L.A. fires, Erin’s beloved canine companion passed away, but his indomitable spirit has helped her pick up the pieces and start again.
~ By John Polis
When wildfires consumed large swaths of acreage in Los Angeles last week, the entire population of nearly 4 million was affected in some way. If the fires didn’t affect you directly, it was stress and anxiety fueled...
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The City and County of Los Angeles Animal Shelters Call for Everyday Heroes Amid Ongoing Wildfires
January 16, 2025 • Trends • Health & Wellness • Rescue
In response to the devastating wildfires currently sweeping across Southern California, LA Animal Services and Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control are joining forces and urgently appealing to the everyday heroes in the community to help provide temporary homes for pets, adopt animals in need and assist in reuniting lost pets with their families.
As fires ravage local communities, many...
