Best in Snow!

Dear Members and Friends,

Best in Snow:
At Westminster, it was Best in Show.
Here at the sanctuary, it’s been Best in SNOW! Congrats to the Westminster champ, Uno the beagle. But here at Best Friends, Beebe the beagle just got adopted. And that’s the really top prize! Plus, we have runners-up (they’re always running up) – four beagle pups who came from a very sad situation but are now living “happily ever after.”

He led the Congressional Friends of Animals Caucus, pushed through the PETS Act in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, worked with Best Friends to rescue animals caught up in the war zones of the Middle East, and wrote much of the legislation that has improved the lives of animals everywhere. This week, Rep. Tom Lantos passed away. Here’s a tribute, and an excerpt from a recent Best Friends video about him.

>>Read the story.
>>Watch the video.

Daily blog posts from the team here on the daily care, rehab, medical and socializing of the dogs rescued from the Michael Vick case. Plus Seppi the cockatoo (he can’t keep his mouth shut) weighs in on those who say the dogs should simply have been killed.

>>All about the Vicktory dogs
>>Seppi’s blog.

A team from Best Friends recently went undercover at a dog auction in Missouri. Thousands of companion animals cross the auction block every year to feed the puppy mills and pet stores. Here’s how you can begin to say “going, going, gone” to this whole wretched business.

>>Get an overview
>>Meet some of the dogs

• Photo faves: A new weekly slide show from around the sanctuary.

• Pets Alive one year later. A New York sanctuary, from
  death to rebirth.

• One little piggy goes into special care. He’d love you to
  be his sponsor.

You make all these good things possible, and your donations are deeply appreciated. Thank you for giving new life and love to thousands of animals in need.

Thank you for caring. And have a very good weekend.

Michael Mountain
Best Friends