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People walking their dogs at a Strut Your Mutt event
Strut Your Mutt for homeless pets
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Meet Majestic Minipanthers

Celebrate National Black Cat Day with some fantastic feline friends.
Feel free to fall in love
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Julie Castle's Blog

Remembering Faith Maloney, Best Friends co-founder
Read the latest post
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Raining Cats and Dogs at the Sanctuary

The team welcomes hundreds of new dogs and cats to their canyon-cradled home-between-homes.
Collaboration saving lives
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Banjo Hangs his Hat in New Home

Adopting one cat with FIV leads to another for an L.A. couple, and now Banjo is living the life of his dreams.
Read Banjo's story
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'Little Miss(es)' and 'Mr. Men' at the Sanctuary

There’s a trend on social media and these fluffy influencers don’t want to miss out.
Meet these trailblazers
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8 Ways to Celebrate Summer With Pets

Great ideas for having fun in the sun (and inside, too) and how you can help homeless cats and dogs.
Beat the heat with a pal
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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 over 35 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 getting connected with loving new families, increasing the national save rate from 64% in 2015 to 83% in 2020.

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Our Impact

Last year, shelters partnering with Best Friends reduced the number of pets killed at 3.5 times the rate of other shelters. That’s 63,374 cats and dogs saved.

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Save lives this kitten season
Foster a kitten

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.

Volunteer near you
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Foster

Help save lives this kitten season by opening your home (and your heart) to fostering.

Foster a kitten
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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 forever home.

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

Thank you to the brands that love our pets, too:

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