Adopt a pet and save a life
You can save the life of a dog or cat by choosing to adopt. In 2024, 425,000 cats and dogs were killed in this country’s shelters, simply because they didn’t have a safe place to call home.
We know millions of households will add a pet to their family this year. If just 1 in 17 more of those families chose to adopt a pet from a shelter, we could reach no-kill nationwide.
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.
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.
Find an animal shelter or rescue group near you today:
_The Mission of the City of Fort Stockton Municipal Government is to Promote & Value Public Confidence and Trust by the Accountable Use of Community Resources; to Ensure Public Safety; Improve Public Services; promote Local Recreation and Entertainment; and Generate Economic Development.
Our mission is to ensure the safety and well-being of stray, abandoned, and abused animals while striving for a no-kill environment. Through education, advocacy, and partnerships, we aim to create a future where all animals find their forever homes and live out their lives in happiness and safety.
The Tama County Humane Society is an organization dedicated to improving The lives of animals in Tama County and surrounding areas through educating the public, sheltering lost or abandoned animals, alleviating pet suffering and promoting a positive relationship between owners and their pets.
SBARC's vision is to serve the South Bend community with programs and services that improve the welfare of animals. With the motto Open door, Open Heart, SBARC will offer resources for animal care, supplies, and education.
The City of Douglas Animal Shelter's dedicated Animal Control Officers provide a safe haven for animals, rescuing those in distress and reuniting lost pets. To protect the community, join us by adopting and supporting our mission.
The Fond du Lac Humane Society is dedicated to providing humane care and treatment to all animals needing protection, and to enhancing the lives of animals and people through education, adoption, and compassion.
Facilitate responsible pet ownership
Promote and insure public health and safety
Provide education and positive enforcement efforts
Provide prompt and courteous service to our customers
Our mission is to provide public safety and protect the health and welfare of animals in our communities through education, responsibility, and compassion.
Second Chance SPCA's Mission is to rescue dogs and cats at risk of euthanasia from municipal shelters and provide them with quality care in a compassionate, no-kill environment until adopted into responsible, caring homes.
To provide humane care and treatment for all animals in need of protection, with an emphasis on locating suitable homes for animals who do not have owners.
We are an unwavering champion for animals in need, committed to keeping them safe and healthy in habitats and homes.
Happily ever afters
