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The early days of Best Friends

And just like that, Best Friends turns 40 years old. We’re celebrating 40 years of kindness and compassion with a look back at photos, stories, and more from the early days of the Sanctuary.

Look Back at Our Beginnings

Read all about the bunnies, birds, and wild friends at the Sanctuary

Stories of hope, love, and resilience
Lauren Ross and Brianna Vlach holding the golden eagle in a towel

Eagle displaced by wildfire on road back to the skies

It was a race against time to save a young, distressed golden eagle found near a wildfire. Now he's getting the care he needs to survive and thrive.
His progress is slow and steady
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The two owlets being fed with an adult owl puppet beside them

Baby barn owls survive accidental road trip

When a hay truck accidentally loaded a nest of hatching owl eggs, Wild Friends staff feared the babies wouldn’t survive. Then something amazing happened.
Owlets have remarkable recovery
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Miraculous recovery for injured osprey

When an injured osprey arrived at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, staff were worried; ospreys are often hard to rehab. Then, something miraculous happened.
One determined bird
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Tortoise crawling through beautiful green flowering foliage

Sponsor an animal at the Sanctuary

If you feel a special connection to an animal here at the Sanctuary, you can provide a little extra TLC with the gift of sponsorship.
Sponsoring a bunny, bird, or wild friend

Adopt your new best friend

When you adopt an animal, you’re not only adding a loyal and loving companion to your family, you’re helping to save lives.

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Can't adopt right now? When you decide to foster a pet, you not only help prepare that pet for life in their adoptive home, but you also free up space here for other homeless pets from around the country. Together, let’s bring our best friends home and Save Them All.

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Volunteer at the Sanctuary

It’s your chance to help with daily care of the bunnies, birds, and wild friends at the Sanctuary.

You can get face-to-face interaction with the animals as a Bunny House, Parrot Garden, or Wild Friends volunteer. To get started, sign up for a volunteer shift.

If you’ve volunteered with Best Friends before, go to the volunteer portal to see opportunities available to you.

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Let’s be friends!

Connect with us on our Facebook groups to stay in the loop:

Bunny House Facebook group

Parrot Garden Facebook group

Wild Friends Facebook group