National Adoption Weekend

Bring home holiday happiness

Adopt a pet during National Adoption Weekend, December 9-11

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, December 9-11

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

Partners from around the country are participating in our national adoption weekend in communities just like yours:

Adopt a Pet Near You

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.

Heartwarming adoption stories

Adoption gives homeless pets the second chances they deserve.

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!

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.

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, December 9-11

Adopting a pet

Thinking about buying a pet?

Can’t adopt right now?

A New York feline fairy tale

Two false starts lead dog to true love

Skinny bundle-of-love dog gains weight, then a family

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.  