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Friends For Life

February 6, 2014

Friends For Life Wins 2014 Development of Distinction Award

HOUSTON (February 6, 2014) - Friends For Life, Houston’s only No Kill animal shelter and rescue, was announced the winner of the 2014 Development

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July 12, 2013

Healthy Pets, Healthy Streets

Since 2013, Friends For Life and BARC have partnered with Houston low-cost clinics SNAP and Emancipet to provide free spay/neuter surgeries and

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June 17, 2013

Learning Puppy Lessons: Gus Gets A Second Pawportunity

Gus, a boxer mix, was brought to Friends For Life as a very sick and weak puppy, taking many weeks to recover. Because of his unfortunate start to

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June 7, 2013

A Birthday Message from Magoo

Too old to party? NEVER! In this birthday video, Friends For Life resident Magoo shares his shelter experience as a cat living in

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May 7, 2013

Week 4: Parker Impresses All!

For the past four weeks, Parker boarded at Urban Tails as a student in the Second PAWportunity Program. “It was so much fun having Parker

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April 25, 2013

Week 3: Work Hard, Play Hard

In week three of Parker’s Second Pawportunity at Urban Tails, he continues to advance and show better behavior. He’s gotten very good at

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April 16, 2013

Parker’s Remarkable Progress: Week Two

“Parker is doing remarkably well!” — Monica Body, Urban Tails Head Trainer. In his second week, Parker is learning to stay calm and focused

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April 10, 2013

Parker and His Pawportunity

If you joined us on our first Second Pawportunity partnership with Urban Tails, you followed adoptable Andi from wild and discourteous to tame and

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March 3, 2013

Andi’s Final Week: Leaps and Bounds

As Urban Tails’ Senior Trainer Monica Body walked with Andi into the lobby of Friends For Life, our staff held their breath in anticipation. We’d been

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107 E 22nd Street
Houston, TX 77008

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