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.
Find an animal shelter or rescue group near you today:
PAWS Chicago's mission is to build No Kill communities, starting with a No Kill Chicago; to end pet overpopulation; and to transform animal welfare by setting higher standards. Since its founding, the number of pets killed each year in Chicago has been reduced by 77 percent.
LifeLine Animal Project is working to end shelter euthanasia of healthy and adoptable dogs and cats by promoting homeless pet adoption, providing affordable spay/neuter services, increasing public awareness, and advocating for lifesaving public policy.
The mission of the Calaveras Humane Society is to promote an excellent quality of life for the animals of our county. Our vision is to work toward the day when every adoptable animal will have a forever home and when sterilization is a routine part of dog and cat care. We are an all-volunteer, 501(c)3 organization.
The Mondak Animal Rescue, Inc. is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of animal welfare. The purpose of the society is the Prevention of cruelty to animals. Reduction of animal overpopulation through the prevention of unwanted births. Promotion of an aggressive adoption program which will seek suitable homes for animals without owners. Extension of humane education for the public.
The mission of the Beatrice Humane Society is to shelter, protect and place lost and homeless companion animals in Gage County, and to be an educational resource.
SafeHaven Humane Society provides Linn County Oregon with a resource for most issues related to animals. From sheltering animals, adoption services, spay/neuter assistance, and youth and humane education programs SafeHaven is here to help. We also partner will the local law enforcement and social service personnel on animal related issues.
The Enid Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a non-profit, 501 (c) 3 organization whose mission is to end adoptable pet euthanasia in Enid due to overpopulation.
Our mission is to promote a humane, safe and healthy environment for our animals and our community.
FOPAS's primary mission is to humanely house, care for, provide medical treatment for, and find permanent homes for the abandoned and stray dogs and cats from Platte, Clay and, to some extent, surrounding counties which have come under our care. The work of the organization is carried out almost exclusively by dedicated volunteers and is financed through donations and fund raising events. FOPAS believes that our entire community is benefited by the compassion and humanity shown in caring for animals which have been discarded. The animals cannot speak for themselves, so hopefully FOPAS speaks and acts for them. Adoptee families which meet the standards set by FOPAS are accepted regardless of location.
Providing safe housing for the pets brought in from our member Police Departments until they can be reunited with their owners or transferred out to an approved rescue organization for adoption.
To provide a safe and loving environment for Pasco's homeless dogs and cats. Provide temporary shelter to same while they wait adoption into loving and forever homes.
The purpose of this nonprofit is to nurture, educate, and engage the community in the care of cats and dogs in need, giving as many animals as possible a chance to thrive in loving homes.
The Humane Society of Northeast Iowa (HSNEI) is a humane society founded in 1995, in Decorah, Iowa, to help abused, neglected, abandoned, and unwanted companion animals in the five-county area of Northest Iowa (Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek counties). Since our founding, we have offered numerous services including dog and cat rescue, fostering and adoption services, humane education,and more.
Nassau Humane Society is a no-kill shelter located in Fernandina Beach, FL, offering temporary shelter to homeless pets while we work to find their forever homes.
Serve, protect and shelter homeless companion animals. Place animals into humane environments. Promote responsible pet ownership and reduce animal overpopulation. Celebrate the human-animal bond
Our mission is to provide a healthy, safe and caring environment for the loved, lost and abandoned dogs, while working to serve and assist the residents and our local police with K9 matters. We are a no-kill shelter with minimal adoption fees, working to best match each dog with a family, while ensuring a smooth and timeless transition to their new and loving home. Every day the dogs under our care are loved as our own and will be part of our hearts forever.
Provide shelter and veterinarian care for stray animals
Promote, protect, and improve the health of our community.
Coulee Region Humane Society, Inc. is an open admission shelter providing for adoption, acceptance of relinquished pets, lost/found pet help & spay/neuter assistance. We are the holding facility for county animal control & admit strays after the holding period. We offer free or low-cost dog training classes. Our education program focuses on pet safety and kindness. Our pet therapy programs reach over 50,000 people annually.
The Sacramento SPCA is the only full-service 100% nonprofit animal shelter in the region that provides animals and the people who love them with compassionate, affordable support and care, including helping families say goodbye to a cherished pet. Unlike many other organizations, the Sacramento SPCA is independent, relying on donations from individuals, businesses, and foundations to fund its operations. This allows all funds to stay within the local community, directly benefiting the animals and families of Sacramento.
Queen Anne's County Animal Services mission is to provide a loving environment for abandoned animals through compassion, care and treatment.
