Itself, sounds like a wonderful trip. I would love to visit Kanab someday.

TsPoet, I understand your frustration, but there's probably no way to bring fairness to animal rescue resources. Best Friends describes itself as a shelter of last resort, so cost per animal is probably high for lots of their residents. Their expertise at publicizing situations like Vick's dogs or Katrina does bring in money (and I don't fault them for that).

One reason I especially enjoyed Dogtown was that I saw some of those people in Tylertown after Katrina, and they really are that good.