Watch this video and learn how the Vicktory dogs helped to change animal welfare (Michael Vick)

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Share Julie Castle’s inspiring TEDx Talk about the journey and triumph of the Vicktory dogs! Help spread the word far and wide.

How did the dogs rescued from the property of Michael Vick break the fight-dog stereotype and help to change the longstanding policy of how they should be treated?

Best Friends took in the 22 most challenging dogs seized in the raid on Michael Vick’s Virginia property and demonstrated to the world that such dogs could be rehabilitated. Julie Castle details their journey and how she leveraged their example to negotiate change in how national agencies would relate in the future to such dogs and to others that look like them.

Be part of this defining moment.

Watch the video and learn how even dogs who have known nothing but abuse will respond to kindness and make the choices that lead them to new, happy lives. Then, share the video with friends and loved ones through your social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. Be sure to use #SaveThemAll and tag "Best Friends Animal Society" on Facebook and @bestfriends on Twitter.

TED, including its TEDx programming branch, is a national nonprofit organization devoted to spreading ideas, sparking conversation and effecting change. By simply watching and sharing this video, you will be helping to save more lives. The more people we reach and the more people we inspire to join us, the closer we will be to becoming a no-kill society within a generation.

Thank you so much for all you do on behalf of homeless pets. Together, we can Save Them All®.
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FROM Youtube: Published on Oct 22, 2014
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Julie and her husband have worked tirelessly on their goal of eliminating animals being killed in shelters in the state of Utah. Listen to her share her story of some of the animals they've saved along this tumultuous yet rewarding journey.

Julie Castle is Chief Marketing and Development Officer for Best Friends Animal Society and one of the biggest champions of the animal welfare movement in the country. Julie graduated from Southern Utah University magna cum laude and interned for the U.S. Senate. On her way to law school in the mid-90’s, an unplanned visit to Best Friends Animal Society caused Julie to abandon law school as she was drawn to the Best Friends value of all living things. She became “Employee Number 17” and never looked back. Among Julie’s many accomplishments was as executive director of a Best Friends-led coalition of rescue groups, animal control agencies and veterinarians that launched as No More Homeless Pets Utah. The coalition was formed to help take the state No Kill by 2019 and is now called No Kill Utah. Julie helped design and implement programs that serve as models nationwide. In 2010, while undergoing treatment for cancer, Julie was also instrumental in No Kill Los Angeles (NKLA.) Julie lives with her husband, Gregory Castle, CEO of Best Friends and their dogs and cats in Utah, where they run marathons and hike in Southern Utah's red rock wilderness.

About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)