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Young boy with arm around a smiling pit bull terrier

Fall in love during our national adoption weekend, May 20–22

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Julie Castle's Blog

It’s time we have a conversation about pay in nonprofit animal welfare.

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Letters From Home: Pet Adoption Updates

Time to celebrate! Meet some pets who were recently adopted from Best Friends.

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Matchmaking, Animal Shelter Style

Shelter collaborative program may be the last piece of the no-kill puzzle.

See our matchmaking in action

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Survivor Dog Starts a New Life with a Loving Family

Leaving her traumatic past behind, Bella finally gets the chance to enjoy family life.

Read about Bella's second chance

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5 Animal Shelters with Soaring Cat Save Rates

Through collaboration with Best Friends, five shelters implement lifesaving changes for community cats.

See what they did

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Rambunctious Dog Lands the Just-Right Home

A young German shepherd with overwhelming energy fits right into her new family.

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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.

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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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Bounty is picking up Best Friends adoption fees in May

Adopt

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.

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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

Help animals all year round by making a monthly gift today.

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Adopt Holy Moly

Choose a Sanctuary animal to sponsor. Your gift helps find a loving home, spay/neuter, and much more.

Sponsor an Animal

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

Fresh Step Cat Litter

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