With A Little Help From Best Friends
FROM A BASE PADDED WITH PINYON AND JUNIPER, the Vermillion Cliffs rise in blushed sandstone glory, wrapping protectively around Kanab, Utah’s hidden treasure, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. The mountainous scarlet landscape fills the eyes and heart with inspiration — so too the kindness and dedication of the people who power the nonprofit Best Friends Animal Society and care for its pets at this home-between-homes.
The dream of Best Friends Animal Society came to life in 1984, when a group of founders banded together in hopes of ending the killing of more than 17 million animals a year in the nation’s shelters. They made the bold decision to purchase 3,000 acres of land in the ancient petrified sand dunes of the Vermillion Cliffs, and with only $5,000 down, began building the first facilities of
