Smiling person sitting outside with a dog on a stone patio

Smiling person sitting outside on a stone patio with a dog seated in front of them

All gifts matched to celebrate Best Friends Day!

Julie Castle sitting next to Shadow the dog

We're celebrating Best Friends Day

Every gift through June 8 is matched in celebration of Best Friends Day, so that means that your kindness today will help twice as many homeless pets find a best friend of their very own.

As you might imagine, Best Friends Day is celebrated with extra enthusiasm here at Best Friends. It’s a day devoted to showing pets in every community in the country that they deserve a loving home, care and companionship, and a very best friend. 

Give Now

Give a lifesaving gift

Your kindness today in celebration of Best Friends Day will help twice as many homeless pets find a best friend of their very own.

Thanks to people like you, we’re on our way to raising $200,000 for the animals in celebration of Best Friends Day:

SAVING OUR BEST FRIENDS

Best Friends supporters like you make this work possible and are passionate about saving the lives of pets in shelters. Here are your stories.

Tell us about your best friend Quiz: What type of besties are you and your pet? Make a gift in honor of your best friend

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MORE WAYS YOU CAN HELP

We're working to save the lives of dogs and cats around the country. We can’t save our best friends without you.

Get involved to save pets in your community Help besties-to-be with a lifesaving gift Create a fundraiser to honor your best friend

Adopt

When you adopt a pet from a rescue group or animal shelter instead of buying from a breeder or puppy mill, you’re providing a lifesaving second chance.

Adopt a Pet

Donate

Every gift through June 8 is matched in celebration of Best Friends Day, so that means that your kindness today will help twice as many homeless pets.

Make a Gift

Join

We believe every pet deserves a home, whether it’s a house with a fenced yard, a cozy apartment, or a safe outdoor space for community cats. Do you agree?

I Agree

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Double the lifesaving with a gift in honor of your pet

Your gift today can be both a meaningful way to honor your own pets and a significant step toward bringing the country to no-kill in 2025 and beyond.

Double Your Impact

WHO WE ARE

Here at Best Friends, we believe that every dog and cat deserves the love, safety, and comfort of a home.  We believe in giving pets second chances and happy homes. 

Our work around the U.S. Our mission: No-kill 2025 The Best Friends story

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About Best Friends

Best Friends Animal Society is working to save the lives of cats and dogs all across the country, giving pets second chances and happy homes.

Just a few short years ago, cats and dogs were killed in staggering numbers in this country simply because shelters didn't have the community support or the resources to save their lives. That number is now less than half a million per year, but there’s still work to do to ensure a bright future for every dog and cat in America.

Best Friends operates the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals and is committed to saving the lives of homeless pets by working with shelters and passionate people like you.

Who we are

Let’s be friends!

Connect with us on social media to stay in the loop about the lifesaving progress we’re making together. And we'll send you all the ways you can help save homeless pets when you give us your email address. 