Adopt a pet and save a life
You can save the life of a dog or cat by choosing to adopt. In 2023, 415,000 cats and dogs were killed in this country’s shelters, simply because they didn’t have a safe place to call home.
If just 6% more people chose to adopt versus purchase their pets, we would end the killing of dogs and cats in our nation's shelters.
So when you adopt from a Best Friends location, a network partner or one of the many shelters and rescue groups around the country, you’re not only adding a loyal and loving companion to your family, you’re helping to save lives.
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Adopt a pet from Best Friends
In addition to running our animal sanctuary in Kanab and partnering with thousands of shelters and rescue groups, Best Friends operates its own lifesaving centers around the country.
Adopt a pet from Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
On any given day, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, located in Kanab, Utah, is home to up to 1,600 animals, including dogs, cats, horses, birds, rabbits, pigs and others. Many of the animals arrive needing a little extra care and healing before they’re ready to join a family of their own.
When you adopt a furry (or feathered) friend from the Sanctuary, you’re not only changing that pet’s life, you’re helping to Save Them All.
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All the benefits of adopting a pet from Best Friends
When you adopt an animal from Best Friends, sharing your life with an amazing new companion is just the beginning. As a new adopter, you become part of an extraordinary community of people devoted to their own pets — and to saving the lives of others. Indeed, you become part of the Best Friends family.
We’re with you every step of the way to provide guidance and answer questions as your pet adjusts to being in a new home.
More places to find your bff
Best Friends is partnering with these communities throughout the country to help save their homeless pets, and you can be a part of that lifesaving when you raise your hand to adopt.
Help your local animal shelter or rescue group
At Best Friends, our goal is to get more dogs and cats out of shelters and into homes and make every shelter in America no-kill. Each and every one of these shelters needs caring people like you to adopt, foster, donate, volunteer, and advocate to help save the lives of pets in your community.
