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Your gift in honor of someone special will help save homeless pets.
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Happily-ever-afters

Feel all the feels with these stories of hope and healing.
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Heron gets emergency surgery and second chance at life

A distressed night heron came to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in need of care after swallowing a fishhook.
Delicate procedure helps bird
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Shy piggy blossoms with a little help from his friend

When Morgan Denning visited Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, she wasn’t planning on adopting a pig. Then, fate stepped in.
Sleepover leads to match made in piggy heaven
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Pets named Ryan Reynolds go home during birthday bash

Playfully trolling an A-list celebrity for his birthday and saving lives? Best Friends is so there.
A birthday to remember
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Faces of No-Kill: Cat heals from injury in style

Marble came to Best Friends with two broken legs. Now, she’s on the road to recovery and sporting the latest in veterinary fashion.
She's getting stronger every day
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Sunny pup doesn’t let injury slow him down

Greggy came to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary with an injured leg and found his footing again in a foster home.
He's now blossomed into a well-rounded, confident companion
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Virginia’s no-kill commitment: A big win for pets in the commonwealth

Virginia Loves Shelter Animals Month encourages no-kill in 2025.
This isn’t just a declaration — it’s a rallying cry
Julie Castle Blog
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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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Give early for Giving Tuesday

Homeless pets are counting on us — all gifts are triple-matched!
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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.

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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 loving home.

Adopt, foster, or sponsor
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Adopt Frankie
Help animals all year round by making a monthly gift today.
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Choose a Sanctuary animal to sponsor. Your gift helps find a loving home, spay/neuter, and much more.
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