Best Friends Animal Society is a nonprofit located in Kanab, Utah, a few miles outside of Zion and Bryce national parks. Begun by a group of friends in the 1970’s it now houses nearly 2,000 dogs, cats, bunnies, horses, birds and other abandoned, sick or abused animals. The animals range from forgotten family pets to cats with leukemia, from fighting pit bulls to a damaged raptor.

Best Friends has 300,000 members worldwide and employs 10% of the population of Kanab, resulting in a very pet-friendly town indeed! I had the opportunity to tour Best Friends recently and I was so impressed by both the quality of their work, the huge opportunities for community involvement, and the economic impact on Kanab, that I just had to cite their work.

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