Best Friends Animal Society: No-Kill Animal Rescue & Advocacy

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Connect with like-minded people, saving homeless pets.

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With Best Friends, you're working to save the lives of cats and dogs all across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes.

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'Professional Cat Wrangler’

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd wants his community to know they can help save kittens.

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Celebrate Best Friends Day

Volunteering, fostering and adopting a pet are among the many ways to enjoy Best Friends Day.

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Julie Castle's Blog

What a wild ride so far: My first three years as CEO of Best Friends

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Kittens Reunion Episode

It's the one where all the kittens go into foster homes.

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Ditching His Wheels

Chipper came to Best Friends with paralyzed hind legs, but with lots of medical help, makes a full recovery.

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Dog's Quirks are Celebrated!

Grumpy, toothless min pin finds a family who loves everything about him.

The heart of Best Friends is the Sanctuary, located in the majestic red-rocks of southern Utah.  Come see the animals that inspire our work around the country.

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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.

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Teaming up with you »

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.

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 50% to 79% since 2014. »

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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. »

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.

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Get shopping

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

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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 »

Adopt Slurpee a brown horse with black mane

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

Adopt Raquel a heeler at Best Friends

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Adopt Furgus a long-hair orange and white cat

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Slidell the brown tabby cat with gold eyes

Get to know Slidell

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Adopt a parrot, with two parrots cuddling

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

Sponsor an Animal

Phantom is a husky at Best Friends

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

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