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 near you
Adopt a pet from an animal shelter or rescue group near you
The Best Friends Network is made up of thousands of public and private shelters, rescue groups, spay/neuter organizations and other animal welfare groups, all working to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country.
Each and every one of our network partners needs caring people like you to adopt, foster, donate, volunteer and advocate to help save the lives of pets where you live.
Find a network partner near you today:
Forgotten Felines of Culpeper is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit rescue, taking in cats in Culpeper County and surrounding areas that have been abandoned or forgotten and providing a warm and loving foster home. Our mission is to make a difference in the lives of cats by providing proper veterinary care, socialization, and anything necessary to enable cats to find loving purrmanent homes.We are uniquely the only rescue in Culpeper County who takes in and cares for feral or community cats with our Shrinking Violets Program.We rehabilitate/socialize community cats, many of which are merely frightened and need to learn to trust humans again. If placed in a shelter, euthanasia is imminent due to lack ofspace or time needed to socialize and being deemed not adoptable. We have had great success with this.Forgotten Felines of Culpeper...rescuing the abandoned and forgotten with no cat left behind.
Pilots to the Rescue's mission is to save potential pets facing euthanasia utilizing an advanced rescue flight system. Enrolling a network of trained pilots, shelters, ground teams and veterinarians, PTTR gives little souls filled with unconditional love a second chance in a furever home.
To improve the lives of companion animals by providing humane, individualized care and a chance to know the comforts of a loving home through advocacy, education, and support of those in need.
Our mission is to provide shelter, care and comfort to our homeless companion animals until adoption and to educate the community on the importance of spay/neuter to reduce the homeless pet population.
Improving the lives of animals in Lincoln County and beyond!
Serving the community by providing low cost spay/neuter services and animal wellness programs
Providing a safe and harmonious community for people and animals through enforcement and education of ordinances.
We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Dover, Delaware, dedicated to rescuing homeless and abandoned animals, primarily cats and dogs, from high-kill shelters and owners who can no longer care for them. By working with committed volunteers, foster homes, local veterinarians and lower cost spay/neuter facilities, we provide pets with loving temporary care and find them well-matched, carefully screened forever homes.
We value each employee, volunteer and community partner who contributes to the humane treatment of animals. We operate in an atmosphere of open and honest communication.
We are a, non-profit 501c3 rescue group dedicated to rescuing abandoned, neglected, and abused animals. We are committed to helping one of the poorest county shelters in North Carolina by rescuing dogs and puppies from the shelter, helping with their medical bills, and donating supplies. We transport and place the rescued animals in foster homes until they become adopted, assist with local animals in need and promote spaying and neutering of all pets.
To help low-income families and our community partners to stretch their scarce dollars farther. By providing pet food at no cost to low-income families in our community, we make it possible for more pets to stay in their loving homes with their families during times of need.
It is our Mission to Rescue, RehabilitateRehome Domestic Animals in Need of a Second Chance. There are two groups of animals at the most risk for euthanasia in our country today: kittens and seniors. There aren't enough kitten nurseries and sanctuaries to go around. At Paws, Claws, and Hooves we are dedicated to assisting shelters and other rescue groups with those at most risk groups by providing a kitten nursery and sanctuary space.
Branch Area Rescue Coalition (BARC) is a low cost spay/neuter program facilitating these surgeries for animals in our area. This low cost program is available to anyone, anywhere. BARC offers a monthly transport with drop off and pick up in Coldwater as well as a voucher program with their partner veterinarian in Jonesville.
Helping Persian Cats network of dedicated volunteers rescues primarily Persians, Himalayans Exotic Shorthairs, Scottish Folds and other breed cats, from local animal shelters in the Southern California area, and from private owners in special circumstances, and from breeders who are no longer able to care for their cats.
We work in conjunction with other rescue organizations, veterinarian offices, shelters and businesses to save animals. Each animal that we rescue will be medically evaluated and temperament tested. We will take the necessary steps to find the animal a loving and appropriate home. We will do veterinary check, personal reference checks, home visits and have contracts that if they cannot keep the animal for any reason they must return it to us.
ARPO was conceived in 1998 by a group of Indianapolis citizens concerned about the continuing high rate of euthanasia in our city. ARPO seeks to unite animal-related businesses and organizations in central Indiana for the purpose of promoting responsible pet ownership and decreasing the number of companion animals surrendered to shelters. ARPO is funded solely by donations and is staffed entirely by volunteers.
A Cat's Life Rescue exists to provide a trap-neuter-release (TNR) program, adoptions, and medical care for cats, as well as education and therapeutic programs to the public.
It is the mission of San Jose Animal Care and Services to provide a welcoming and humane place for animals and those who care for them; to protect, educate, and serve the public; to develop programs that improve the lives of people and animals; and to create opportunities for our community and supporters to help us succeed.
Our mission is to find loving, forever homes for animals, improving medical care for shelter animals, and to reduce animal suffering. We work to create positive change for animals by enforcing city ordinances relating to animal care and welfare, investigating cruelty and neglect. We work to educate the public about animal issues including proper and humane animal care, and the importance of reducing the stray population through spay/neutering.
To save the lives of animals from local pounds in Leflore County and reduce the overpopulation and to share information to improve the animal welfare of companion animals.
The Humane Society of Sedona is a non-profit organization serving the Verde Valley since 1966. We are dedicated to improving the lives of pets in our community and beyond.The Linda and Allan Brecher Center for Animals at the Humane Society of Sedona is designed to allow every person who desires the love of a pet to be able to adopt and provide a forever loving home. The Center provides quality care and positive reinforcement behavior training for adoptable pets. Passionate volunteers help walk and socialize the pets in our care, while foster pet parents care for the most vulnerable pets outside the Center. No healthy animal or animal with a treatable behavior or medical condition will ever by euthanized. We do not euthanize because of lack of space or as population control. The Humane Society of Sedona relies on community support, contributions, grants, bequests, investments, proceeds from the Society's thrift stores and some fees for service in order to save pets' lives.
Adopt a pet from Best Friends Animal Sanctuary
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.
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.
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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.
