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	<title>Dancing Dog Blog &#187; Best Friends</title>
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		<title>Best Friends Q&amp;A: Pet Shops Adopt</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2010/07/best-friends-qa-pet-shops-adopt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image by Getty Images via @daylife Questions arose from my previous post about giving pet shops and puppy mills the boot  program that Best Friends designed and is now being implemented in several states. There was concern voiced from some involved with shelters that if all the prime dogs are transferred to the boutique adopt shops, shelters would lose significant revenue. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abused Dogs Get a Break: There&#8217;s a &#8220;New Sheriff&#8221; in Town</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remus and Brutus got a reprieve.  In what’s been described as a groundbreaking decision, the two dogs who were held as abuse victims of a dogfighting bust are off to their new home in a New York sanctuary thanks to something new this year: The Court Case Program.  Best Friends and Safe Humane Chicago devised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: &#8220;DogTown&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2009/11/book-review-dogtown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[tales of rescue, rehabilitation, and redemption by Stefan Bechtel With 200 dogs residing in DogTown at any given time, this “gated community” is the most active of any of the 40 different buildings on the 3,700 acres owned by Best Friend’s Animal Society (with an additional 30,000+/- acres on lease from the government), the world’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Friends Take Road Less Traveled</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2009/09/best-friends-take-road-less-traveled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the good luck to book an interview with co-founder Gregory Castle a couple of weeks ago, when Best Friends was in Chicago(coming here soon) about the state of the state of animals, and areas where we can all help push change forward to achieve a no kill goal. But first I attended a Best Friends member [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HSUS Takes A Stand, Fate of Pit Bulls Shifts</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2009/07/hsus-takes-a-stand-fate-of-pit-bulls-shifts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2009/07/hsus-takes-a-stand-fate-of-pit-bulls-shifts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the eight State real-time reporting on the roll out of the biggest organized dogfighting ring raid in history concluded, there followed an almost immediate concern about the disposition of the 400+ dogs.  It seemed to some that the dogs might not be afforded the opportunity of individual evaluation, given the negative stream of comments coming from all the organizations involved in the evaluation process.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HSUS, Best Friends, and Pit Bull Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2009/02/hsus-best-friends-and-pit-bull-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The disturbing HSUS policy and &#8220;expert testimony&#8221; that leads to killing all the animals HSUS saves from fighting rings is in for a revamp.  Best Friends reports that Wayne Pacelle has set up a meeting between all national  stakeholders working with pit bulls and HSUS in Las Vegas this April. This quote from Best Friends: &#8220;Pacelle said&#8230;The meeting was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Friends New Coalition</title>
		<link>http://www.dancingdogblog.com/2009/02/best-friends-new-coalition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Haight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Image by wwritter via Flickr I had an interesting, useful comment made by a reader that was still bouncing around my head when I came across a blog by Anne over at ohmidog&#160;about euthanasia.&#160;&#160;Anne was&#160;questioning when to stop using the word &#8220;euthanasia&#8221;&#160;when what is happening is something else entirely, referring to&#160; an article on Best [...]]]></description>
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