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Ensure lifesaving care for the animals — and select a gift for yourself!

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Best Friends-Backed Degree Inspires New Rescue

Jenny Franz shifted the focus of Better Together Dog Rescue to better address critical needs in the community.

Read about her learning process

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Seeing Past a Kitty’s Shyness

Willow was scared when he arrived at Best Friends, but one New Yorker saw the brave, bold cat he truly was.

Read about his transformation

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Dog and Adopter Take Healing Journey Together

Terrier mix with a broken leg helps foster volunteer Rocio Ritter heal her broken heart - and finds his home.

Read how they both heal

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Happy Tails from Adopted Pets

These pets recently adopted from Best Friends are living (and loving) large.

Read these cheerful tales

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Find Your Purrfect Match

View short films that feature three homeless cats just in time for June, Adopt a Shelter Cat month.

Watch the videos

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5 Men Making a Difference for Homeless Pets

Tip your hat to the men in your community who are helping pets in their own way.

Read about their efforts

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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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Celebrate National Adopt a Shelter Cat month

Adopt a Feline Friend

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

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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

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