Submit your photos, Support animal welfare!
Deadline: October 1, 2010

The Best Friends Photo Contest celebrates the art of pet and animal photography while also raising money to help endangered and mistreated animals throughout the world.

Watch this amazing new video about Operation Baghdad Pups.  You'll get a special look at many never before seen photographs of our U.S. troops and their patriot pets.  You'll find out why these animals mean so much to our soldiers' in the war zone and feel the importance of bringing them home.   

Mother Jones magazine reports on the dog killing in Iraq and what SPCA International is trying to do about it.  "Amid its struggles with Sunni jihadists, Shiite radicals, and Kurdish separatists, the Iraqi government is training its sights on a new enemy: dogs. According to the UK's Daily Mail, Iraq is spending 35 million dinars—about $30,000—to send 20 shotgun-wielding squads out to hunt down the capital's strays..."

Thousands of innocent dogs and cats are being poisoned and shot in Iraq every day.  Please help us stop this vicious cycle of cruelty!  CNN reported on this issue last year and spoke with SPCA International’s Terri Crisp about our efforts to stop the inhumane killing.  Watch the video!

SPCA International has been watching with great concern the developing catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico.  Undoubtedly, the impact this oil spill is having on wildlife and the environment will leave scars for years to come.  It is hard for everyone to watch these news reports, see the damage to wildlife and their habitats...

Volunteer Nicole Venutolo shares her first volunteer experience with Operation Baghdad Pups and gives you the tools and inspiration to get involved yourself!  She begins, "You’ve heard of the phrase, 'if the thunder don’t get you, the lightning will.'  I feel the same way about Operation Baghdad Pups. If helping support our brave men and women overseas doesn’t inspire you to volunteer, then helping abused and stray puppies will!  Caring for our troops and rescuing abused animals are part of the American patriotic fabric...."

Meet Toby, one lucky dog and another great Operation Baghdad Pups success!  Toby, a six month old yellow lab mix, recently made it to Houston after making a long trip from Iraq.  His journey from overseas to the Bayou City includes a heartwarming gesture by U.S. troops and lots of challenges for Operation Baghdad Pups and Red Collar Rescue of Houston.  Watch video news reports about Toby's rescue and homecoming. 

Listen to two new radio segments featuring SPCA International news and information about current events, advice, and Operation Baghdad Pups.  Join the discussion with Director of Communications, Stephanie Scott and find out what SPCA International is doing to save animals today and how you can help.

Exclusive report from Operation Baghdad Pups Program Manager, Terri Crisp, who is currently in Arbil, Iraq, coordinating the rescue of more than 30 U.S. soldiers' pets. 

Since the Operation Baghdad Pups team arrived in Kuwait last week we have been faced with some major challenges.  We learned shortly after arriving that Gryphon Airlines, who we fly in and out of Iraq with, had their flights into Baghdad suspended by the Iraqi government.