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Bring love home by adopting a pet

By adopting a pet from a shelter or rescue group, you’re saving the life of a homeless pet while also making space for another to be rescued.
Adopt Today

Happily-ever-afters

Feel all the feels with these stories of hope and healing.
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Collaborating to save more cats and dogs

Best Friends Network Partners are getting results and making a difference in their communities.
A roundup of good news
Best Friends Magazine
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Spontaneous acts of caring for animals

From a community coming together to find a missing dog to a tree trimmer who rescues stuck felines, these kind acts will warm your heart.
Read about these compassionate acts
Best Friends Magazine
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How individuals drive change in animal welfare

The collective power of individual action is helping to save more pets’ lives and bring the whole country to no-kill.
Every action contributes
Best Friends Magazine
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The dogs who shaped me

Best Friends co-founder shares how each of his dogs has been an essential part of the story of his life.
Read how they touched Francis' life
Best Friends Magazine
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Starved pup thrives with new friends and plenty of food

When Baja Blast came to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, he was in rough shape. But he never lost his friendly spirit.
See him now
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Spicing up life for wild ambassadors at Best Friends

See how caregivers at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary bring joy to wildlife who can’t be released.
Ways to enrich their lives
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We can make every shelter and community no-kill in 2025

In 2023, 415,000 dogs and cats were killed in our nation’s shelters.
Help Save Them All
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Natural disaster preparedness for families with pets

Make plans to care for your pets during a natural disaster.
Learn What to Do
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Saving lives

We ensure second chances to pets at our sanctuary and lifesaving centers, even as we expand programs nationwide that keep animals out of shelters in the first place.
Saving lives
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Standing with shelters

We work to save more lives faster by providing shelters and rescue groups with ways to collaborate and connect so they can increase the number of animals they can rehome in their communities.
Standing with shelters
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Teaming up

We're right there with you as you make a better future for homeless cats and dogs, giving you the support you need to care for your pets and the pets and people in your community.
Teaming up with you

Who We Are

We started 40 years ago with a no-kill sanctuary in Utah. Today, we’re helping homeless pets in every corner of the country.

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Working Together

All across America, pets in shelters are connected with loving new families, increasing the national save rate from 70.7% in 2016 to 83% in 2023.

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Our Impact

Since 2016, shelters that have engaged with Best Friends have had a two times greater lifesaving improvement than unengaged shelters.

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Meaningful gifts that give back

In need of gifts for the animal lovers in your life? Check out our Catalog of Kindness for presents sure to delight and help Save Them All.
Give a Symbolic Gift

Act for animals

We’re saving more animals now than at any point in our history, but our work isn’t done until every dog and cat gets the chance to know care and companionship … in a safe and loving home.

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Is your community no-kill?

See how you can help your local shelters save more animals with comprehensive, up-to-date shelter and rescue group data for your community.

How's your community?
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Join the 2025 Action Team

Help create big change for the pets and people in your community. Connect with a local team of advocates today.

Get started
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Volunteer

Whether at the Sanctuary or a shelter in your community, make a real difference in the lives of homeless pets.

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Get shopping

Help save animals by purchasing items from the comfort of your home.

Shop the Best Friends Store
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Find a pet

Ready to bring home a new best friend?  Adopt, foster, or sponsor, and help a homeless pet find their loving home.

Adopt, foster, or sponsor
- Best Friends Animal Society
Adopt Frankie
Help animals all year round by making a monthly gift today.
Give Monthly
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Adopt a rabbit
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Adopt Phantom
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Meet Bryce
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Get to know Snickers
Choose a Sanctuary animal to sponsor. Your gift helps find a loving home, spay/neuter, and much more.
Sponsor an Animal
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