Best Friends Week

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  • The kindness of strangers

    How serendipity, tenacity and love helped build Best Friends In the early ‘90s after the sanctuary grounds were secured and the founders were busy rescuing as many animals as possible, it was apparent that the rural area of Kanab would not be able...

  • Founders built a sanctuary, one step at a time

    So, you have the property and you have the concept, but how do you go about starting a sanctuary? That was one of the tough questions Best Friends co-founders asked themselves 25 years ago. Besides being the best setting possible for animals, "You...

  • Leading the way

    When you think about the Best Friends 25 th anniversary, of course you think of the animals, co-founders, Angel Canyon, and even the National Geographic TV show, " DogTown ." However, one less visible, but very important occurrence during Best...

  • Origin of Dogtown

    Though many have recently become aware of Best Friends through the National Geographic show, " DogTown ," co-founder Faith Maloney described the true beginnings of Best Friends' Dogtown to an entranced group of visitors during Best Friends...

  • Build it and they will come

    Twenty five years ago, when Best Friends first began, the work centered around the care and feeding of the animals, as well as building the sanctuary structures. As time passed, the founders began to send out a little magazine to their contributors. And...

  • A 'dream' come true

    In 1984, Best Friends was nothing more than a dream. "What we at Best Friends wanted was lots of space for the animals," John Fripp, a co-founder, board member and chief financial officer for Best Friends told a group of visitors. "We came...
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  • A matter of leverage

    When it comes to motivating kids to do chores around the house, every parent likes to have a secret weapon up their sleeve. An ace in the hole, as it were. My wife April and I are no different. Our older daughters, ages eight and six, are generally good...

  • A mecca of animal care

    During this week's third "Cliffside Chat," in which founders reminisce back on the last 25 years of developing Best Friends, Gregory Castle says that when he and the other founders began building the sanctuary, none of them knew exactly...

  • If I had a hammer

    Best Friends founders learn carpentry on the job It helped that they were young, and maybe just a little naïve. When the group of friends first moved to the canyon in southern Utah 25 years ago to build the dream that would become Best Friends Animal...

  • An oasis in the southern Utah desert

    Best Friends co-founder Francis Battista shares memories of sanctuary's beginning It was 27 years ago that Best Friends co-founder Francis Battista first laid eyes on the spectacular red-rock canyon that would become home to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary...

  • Photo op with "DogTown" stars draws a crowd

    Folks crowded in three-deep today at the Angel Village courtyard to have their photos taken with two of the stars from "DogTown," the National Geographic Channel's series about the life-saving work happening at our dog care area. The two...

  • Best Friends Week kicks off with run/walk

    On a hot but bearable morning, Best Friends Week launched today with the 25 th Anniversary 5.5K Fun Run/Walk through our sanctuary here in southern Utah. Twenty people from as far away as Indiana, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and even Canada...

  • Anniversary crescendo

    Best Friends Animal Society isn't the only organization in the Kanab neck of the woods celebrating its 25 th anniversary. The Symphony of the Canyons is also observing its silver anniversary. To commemorate these milestones, Best Friends and the symphony...

  • Thank you

    One of the final events - and one of the most important - marking Best Friends' 25th anniversary is Visitor Appreciation Day. That's because, without visitors and volunteers, Best Friends could not do the work it does, pursuing the goal of a day...

  • Welcome Waggin’ social

    Best Friends is breaking out the Welcome Waggin' for volunteers as part of its 25th anniversary festivities. The intent of the Welcome Waggin' socials is to make visitors feel even more a part of life at the sanctuary. It's a place where volunteers...
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