National Adoption Weekend

Adopt a pet during National Adoption Weekend, July 22-24

Bring home happiness

Many shelters around the country are currently over capacity, so by adopting a best friend, you give one lucky dog or cat a home and create space for another pet to be rescued.

See below to find a participating Best Friends Network Partner near you and help adoptable pets in your community find homes.

Partially because of the pandemic, more pets are entering shelters that are over capacity and short-staffed. You can help by adopting a pet.

Adopt a pet near you

Join Best Friends Network Partners across the country for the national adoption weekend, July 22-24.

A huge thank-you to our partners for taking part in our national adoption weekend. The Best Friends Network is made up of thousands of animal welfare groups from every single state, all working to save the lives of pets in their communities.

Find an event near you:

Heartwarming adoption stories

Adoption gives homeless pets the second chances they deserve.

Two smiling people with a cat in an adoption center

When you adopt a pet, you save lives

By adopting, you give one lucky dog or cat a home and create space for another pet to be rescued.

That means you become a lifesaver to two animals in need! Plus, you gain a friend — a loyal companion who can offer you comfort and love, no matter what uncertainty life holds.

So adopt a pet during Best Friends’ national adoption weekend. Hundreds of shelters and rescue groups nationwide are taking part!

Person scratching a happy dog outside in front of green bushes

Found a lost pet?

Before taking a lost pet to your local shelter, try visiting a veterinarian’s office to see if the pet has a microchip, then try to reunite the pet with her family via social media.

Reunite lost pets with their people

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 by 2025.  

The Best Friends Network comprises thousands of animal welfare groups from every single state, all working to save the lives of pets in their own communities.

Ranging from animal shelters and rescue groups to spay/neuter and trap-neuter-return (TNR) 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.

Bring home happiness

Many shelters around the country are currently over capacity, so by adopting a best friend, you give one lucky dog or cat a home and create space for another pet to be rescued.

Adopt a pet near you

Join Best Friends Network Partners across the country for the national adoption weekend, July 22-24.

Find an event near you:

Adopting a pet

Thinking about buying a pet?

Can’t adopt right now?

Cat gets comfortable in her own skin

Overlooked cat is fabulous first feline

A shy but spicy cat and the family that adores him

When you adopt a pet, you save lives

By adopting, you give one lucky dog or cat a home and create space for another pet to be rescued.

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 by 2025.

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 by 2025.  