Every year, about 3 million cats and dogs are euthanized. Euthanized means that the animals are put to death humanely. All the animal shelters around the world do this, because there isn’t enough room in their shelters. Unlike other organizations, Best Friend Animal Society gives animals another chance to live freely with all the care they could possible need.
To get homeless animals off the streets. One of the number one reason why there is a lot of homeless animals is because of people not wanting their pets. Yes, it is all over the news, people care about this because they think it as if it was their own pet they wouldn’t want it on the streets. Some solutions to solving homeless animals, is realizing that it takes commitment in owning
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Gregory Castle, Ernst Paul Eckhoff, and Michael Mountain were the founders of Best Friend Animal Society. Best Friend Animal Society was started in Utah, in the year of 1984, and it started out as a church mission, to relocate the animals from Arizona to Kanab, Utah. Also, the organization was a tax-exempt and a nonprofit charity. The organizations mission statement is, “To bring about a time when there are No More Homeless Pets.” The organizations key goals, are to find a home for all the animals left on the streets to fend for themselves, and to put an end to euthanizing helpless animals. The work of Best Friend Animal Society, is funded by the generous donations of members, supporters, corporations, and foundations. The Best Friend Animal Society measures their success by how many animals are saved, helped through the programs, number of homeless animals. Also by spay/ neuter surgeries performed by the organization, and funding provided to no more homeless pets program. Some of the key ways that Best Friend Animal Society has helped people, is that they have a new friend, and there is an animal their to keep them on their toes and happy, when they are