Category: Scoop

Write Your Way Home Contest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2025 Write Your Way Home: Win an $1.8 Million luxury property in Historic Downtown Fredericksburg by Writing an Essay. Fredericksburg, VA — In an extraordinary opportunity to change someone’s life through the power of words, the “Write Your Way Home”

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Back To School Blues

Back to School Blues: Helping Your Pet Adjust It’s the end of August, and while parents everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief as backpacks replace beach towels, someone else in the house might not be loving the shift: your pet. After a summer of

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July 2025 Adoptions

July brought the heat and the happily-ever-afters. We sent 63 cats and 24 dogs out the door and into new lives, complete with couches to conquer and snack cabinets to supervise. Some of those lucky pups made their way to us from Central Texas, where

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From Texas to Virginia – Hope Travels

As communities across Texas continue to recover from catastrophic flooding, animal welfare groups across the country have stepped in to help. Best Friends Animal Society is working closely with local shelters and rescue organizations in the region, coordinating the relocation of adoptable pets who were

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Debunking Shelter Myths

Not all shelter animals come with baggage, but they do come with stories, personalities, and a whole lot of love to give. Somewhere along the way, a few pesky myths have clung to the idea of shelter pets like fur on black pants: that they’re

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