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Which animal is your Sanctuary soulmate this season?

Whether your idea of seasonal fun has you snowshoeing with Spot or curled up under the quilt with Captain Kittypants, know that there’s someone special who shares your idea of comfort and joy.

On any given day, our animal sanctuary is a healing home for up to 1,600 dogs, cats, birds, bunnies, horses, pigs and other animals. 

Answer five quick questions to reveal which pet at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is your soulmate this holiday season, and don’t forget to share and compare your results on social media!

 

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Find your soulmate at Best Friends

When you adopt and add a new pet to your family this holiday season, you not only save a life, you free up space for other pets in need.

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. 

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Adopt to make more room for incoming pets at the Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah.
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Best Friends in Los Angeles

Adopting is an incredibly fun and fulfilling way to help save homeless pets in LA.
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Best Friends in Salt Lake City

Give a pet a home and alleviate the burden on shelters in Salt Lake City.
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Best Friends in New York

Adopt to be a part of a lifesaving team working to create a bright future for homeless pets in NYC.
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Best Friends in Northwest Arkansas

Adopting a pet is a rewarding way to make a lifetime of difference for pets.
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Best Friends in Houston

Houston embraces community-based sheltering to prepare pets for adoption.
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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:

No-Kill Los Angeles (NKLA)  •   No-Kill Utah (NKUT)  •   Navajo Nation

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Adopt 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 foster, adopt, donate, volunteer and advocate to help save the lives of pets where you live. 

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Bring joy home this holiday season

Everyone deserves a home — and that includes pets in shelters. And when they don’t have a home, they’re at risk of being killed.

In fact, a dog or cat is killed in America’s shelters every 90 seconds just because they don’t have a safe place to call home. But you can help change that. No matter where you live, you can make a lifesaving difference for animals waiting for homes of their own.

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Make your community no-kill in 2025

Last year, 425,000 loving dogs and cats were killed in shelters around the country just because they didn’t have safe places to call home. Is your community no-kill?
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Volunteer to save pets

Volunteers — passionate, caring people like you — are the heartbeat of our organization. Whatever your interests and wherever you live, there’s a way you can help.
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Foster a pet

Fostering a pet is a short-term commitment with long-term impact. By opening your home to a pet for even a day or two, you can save lives.
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Looking for a little inspiration?

These animals — and their stories of hope, love and resilience — are what the holidays are all about.

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Happy tales of pets’ lives after adoption

Our favorite kind of news? Updates from adopters whose new pets have become the heart of their homes.
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Tales of second chances for homeless pets

Across the country, Best Friends is finding pets homes full of love, fun, and sometimes even their own wardrobe.
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Walmart shines spotlight on pet adoption

The retailer is teaming up with Best Friends to bring happy home for National Pet Month.
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About Best Friends Animal Society

Best Friends is working to end the killing of dogs and cats in U.S. shelters in part by getting more pets out of shelters and into loving homes.

We’ve come a long way since the first known city reached no-kill in 1994, and now we’re closer than ever to making the entire country no-kill. Today, roughly 2,500 shelters are no-kill throughout the U.S. — and 700 more are just 100 pets or fewer away from reaching that milestone.

Best Friends is committed to working with passionate people like you to save homeless pets through adoption, volunteering, fostering, and advocacy. In addition to our lifesaving centers around the U.S, we also founded and run the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals.

Working together, we can save homeless pets in our communities and secure a better future for our best friends. Together, we will bring the whole country to no-kill.