1、BEST FRIENDS 2014 Annual ReportTable of Contents2014 Fiscal Year at a Glance.3A Message from the CEO.4From the Chair of the Board.6Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.8Delivering No-Kill.12Taking the Initiative.23Financial Summary.26ChipThese are just a few things we accomplished together from January thr
2、ough September 2014:animals were directly helped by Best Friends during this short,nine-month fiscal yearBest Friends launched NKUT(No-Kill Utah),aimed at making Utah a no-kill state by 2019Killing in Los Angeles city shelters has continued to decrease since the launch of NKLA(No-Kill Los Angeles),n
3、ow reaching a 46.8 percent reduction Best Friends launched a new foster program in New York City to help animals from city shelters find homesOur No More Homeless Pets Network continues to grow,now numbering more than 1,000 partner organiza-tions that are saving lives across the countryFollowing the
4、 Best Friends playbook,24 new communities banned the commercial sale of dogs from puppy mills17 cities,four counties and three states had wins against breed-discriminatory legislation71,312 pets were spayed or neutered through Best Friends programsIn addition,30,562 community cats were helped throug
5、h Best Friends trap/neuter/re-turn(TNR)programs136,4422014 Fiscal Year at a GlanceThe tide is turning for homeless pets.When Best Friends was founded in 1984,some 17 million pets were killed in our nations shelters every year,simply because they didnt have safe places to call home.Today,that number
6、is down to around four million per year,and the notion that this is a necessary evil is being debunked in communities across the country.Best Friends and our members have been leading the charge,and making the case through successful programming that there is a better way.Every year,that message get