Pet Orphans of Southern California
Pet Orphans of Southern California is a partner of Best Friends, working together to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country
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.
The NKLA Coalition, led by Best Friends, is at the heart of lifesaving in Los Angeles. Coalition members can receive grants, connect and collaborate with other organizations to help further their work, participate in adoption and fundraising events, take part in mentorship and training opportunities, and more.
From Pet Orphans of Southern California
Durante más de treinta años, Pet Orphans se ha dedicado a promover el bienestar de los animales de compañía. Atiende principalmente a la comunidad de bajos recursos del Valle de San Fernando y la zona circundante del sur de California. Nos comprometemos a reducir el número de animales sacrificados anualmente en refugios municipales y del condado, centrando nuestros esfuerzos en el rescate, la adopción, la atención médica, la educación y la capacitación.
How is your community doing when it comes to lifesaving?
Our partners support each other and inspire their own communities to increase lifesaving of dogs and cats across the country.
Animals in California need your help
You can make a world of difference in the lives of cats and dogs in your community when you work with Pet Orphans of Southern California and Best Friends to support homeless pets and save more lives.
Heartwarming stories from our partners
Who we are
Best Friends Animal Society works alongside thousands of animal shelters, rescue groups, and other animal welfare organizations to save the lives of cats and dogs across the country and to make the entire country no-kill in 2025.
The Best Friends Network is comprised of thousands of animal welfare groups from every single state, all working to save the lives of pets in their own communities.
The NKLA Coalition is comprised of dozens of shelters and animal welfare groups in the Los Angeles area, all working to save the lives of pets in the region.
Ranging from animal shelters and rescue groups to spay/neuter and trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) organizations, they collaborate with Best Friends to save even more lives in every corner of the country.
Best Friends provides marketing help, fundraising events, webinars, grants, and other resources so that, together, we can Save Them All.
Interested in becoming a partner? Visit bestfriends.org/network »
Interested in joining the NKLA Coalition? Visit bestfriends.org/nkla for more »