National adoption weekend participating partners
When you adopt a pet during our national adoption weekend happening September 15–17, you'll give one lucky dog or cat a home and create space for another pet to be rescued.
Many shelters around the country are currently over capacity, but when you adopt a pet during national adoption weekend, you can help a participating Best Friends Network Partner near you to ensure that adoptable pets in your community find homes.
Adopt a pet near you
Select your location:
Alabama
Florence Lauderdale Animal Services
Kitty Kat Haven & Rescue
Lee County Humane Society
Metro Animal Shelter, Inc.
Mobile Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
PCS Pups
PURRfect Partners of Mobile
The Haven
Alaska
August Foundation for Alaska's Racing Dogs aka The August Fund
Arizona
Arizona Animal Welfare League & SPCA
Arizona Small Dog Rescue
Cooper's Chance Animal Rescue
Desert Paws Rescue
Fearless Kitty Rescue
Follow Your Heart Animal Rescue
Foothills Animal Rescue
H.A.R.T. - Homeless Animals Rescue Team
Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter
High Country Humane
Humane Society of Central Arizona
Humane Society of Sedona Inc
Humane Society of Southern Arizona
Humane Society of Yuma
Living the Dream Rescue
Maricopa County Animal Care and Control
One Love Pit Bull Foundation
Oracle Animal Rescue & Rehabilitation Inc.
Paws 4 A Cause
Pima Animal Care Center
Pinal County Animal Care and Control
Saving One Life
Shelter for Outcasts, Unusuals, and the Lost An Animal Rescue (Soul)
Sun Cities 4 Paws Rescue, Inc.
Arkansas
Arkansas Weimaraner Rescue
Benton Animal Control
Bryant Animal Control & Adoption Center
Community Cat Support Network
Community Cats Global
Fayetteville Animal Services
Fort Smith Animal Haven
Good Shepherd Humane Society, Inc
Hot Springs Village Animal Welfare League, Inc.
Humane Society of North Central Arkansas
Humane Society of the Ozarks
Jackson County Humane Society Inc.
Lowell Animal Shelter
Old Lady's Angels
Paws & Claws Pet Shelter
Pine Bluff Animal Control & Care Center
The Artemis Project Inc
California
Angel City Pit Bulls
Angels 4 Paws Animal Rescue
Animal Outreach of the Mother Lode
Baby Kitten Rescue
Better World Rescue
Bradshaw Animal Shelter-Sacramento County
Bradshaw Animal Shelter-Sacramento County
California City Animal Shelter
Cat Town
Central Valley Rescue Railroad
Chula Vista Animal Care Facility
City of Chico Animal Shelter
City of Fresno Animal Center
Contra Costa County Animal Services
Copper's Dream Animal Rescue
County of Santa Clara Animal Services
Fetchin' Retrievers Rescue
Fosters & Paws
Friends of Madera Animal Shelter
Friends of Upland Animal Shelter
Friends United in Rescue, Inc
Front Street Animal Shelter - City of Sacramento
Go Fetch LA
Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles
Hayward Animal Services Bureau
Heaven on Earth Society for Animals
Helen Sanders Catpaws
High Plateau Humane Society
Hollister Animal Shelter
Jelly's Place
Kern County Animal Services
Kitty Bungalow Charm School for Wayward Cats
Kitty of Angels
Long Beach Animal Care Services
Los Angeles Animal Services
Madera County Animal Services
Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue
Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue
Mary S. Roberts Pet Adoption Center
Nine Lives Foundation
No Paws Left Behind Kitty Rescue
NorCal GSP Rescue
Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA
Paws for Life K9 Rescue
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue
Pits and Tits
Placer County Animal Services
Ramona Humane Society
Rancho Coastal Humane Society
Redlands Animal Shelter
Rescate Fenix
San Diego Humane Society
ShepHeroes
Silicon Valley Pet Project
Sonora Cat Rescue
Southern Counties Rescue Inc.
Stray Cat Alliance
Tehama County Animal Care Center
The Cat House on the Kings
The Frank and Lucy Project
The Little Lion Foundation
The Little Ones Animal Center
The Little Red Dog, Inc.
The Pet Adoption Center of Orange County
The Peter Zippi Memorial Fund Inc.
TippedEars
Visalia Animal Services
Yucaipa Animal Placement Society
Colorado
4 Paws 4 Life rescue
Animal Friends Alliance
Animal Rescue of the Rockies
Colorado Feline Foster Rescue
Durango Animal Connection
Eagle County Animal Shelter and Services
Happy Cats Haven
Lifeline Pet Rescue
Loma Cat House Inc.
Longmont Humane Society Inc.
MaxFund Animal Adoption Center
Rez Dawg Rescue
Soul Dog Rescue
Wild Blue Cats!
Connecticut
Change a Life Dog Rescue Inc.
Happily Furever After Rescue Inc.
New Fairfield Sherman Animal Welfare Society
Paws Cat Shelter Inc
Wells Valley Cat Rescue
Whiskers Pet Rescue Inc
Florida
Animal Welfare League of Charlotte Co FL,. Inc.
Bridgets Cats of 30A
Cat Depot Inc
Cat Network, Inc
Cats Exclusive, Inc.
Escambia County Animal Shelter
Flagler Humane Society
Fluff Animal Rescue Inc
Furever Yours Pet Rescue and Placement Services
Gulf Coast Humane Society
Haven on Earth Animal League
Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center
Humane Society of Pinellas
Humane Society of Sarasota County
Humane Society of Sarasota County
It's Meow Or Never For Ferals
Jacksonville Animal Care & Protective Services
Jacksonville Humane Society
Lake County Animal Services
Life Is Golden, Golden Retriever Rescue Inc.
Nassau Humane Society
Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue
Nate’s Honor Animal Rescue
Operation CatSnip of the Treasure Coast, Inc.
Osceola County Animal Services
Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control
Pet Pal Rescue, Inc.
Runaways Animal Rescue Inc.
Santa Rosa County Animal Services
Save Our Cats and Kittens Shelter and Adoption Center (SOCKS)
Saving Livy Cat Rescue
Sheltering Hands Inc
SPCA Florida
SPCA of Brevard
St. Francis Animal Rescue of Venice, FL.
Sumter County BOCC
Tampa Bay Strays, Inc.
The Humane Society of St. Lucie County
The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast, Inc
YOUR Humane Society SPCA (previously Humane Society/SPCA of Sumter County, Inc.)
Georgia
Bainbridge Decatur County Humane Society
Dawson County Humane Society Inc.
Dysfunction Junction Rescue, Inc
Fayette County Humane Society
Feral Cat Program of Georgia
Furkids, Inc.
Good Mews Animal Foundation Inc.
Hands to Paws
Humane Society for Greater Savannah
Humane Society of Harris County
Humane Society of Morgan County
Humane Society of Northeast Georgia
Humane Society of Valdosta/Lowndes County
Kitty Angel Rescue, Inc.
Liberty County Animal Services
LifeLine Animal Project
Lumpkin County Animal Shelter
MACS Friends Animal Rescue Inc.
Newnan Coweta Humane Society, Inc.
No Kill Glynn County
Paulding County Animal Control
PAWS Atlanta, Inc
Paws Humane Inc.
Planned PEThood of Georgia
Purrfect Peaches Cat Rescue Inc.
Renegade Paws Rescue
Street Paws
Thomasville-Thomas County Humane Society, Inc.
Toccoa Stephens County Humane Shelter
Hawaii
KAT Charities
Kauai Humane Society
Idaho
Aiding 2 Adoption Rescue
Freedom Bound Hounds Inc.
Happy Jack Cats, Inc.
MCPAWS Regional Animal Shelter
Mountain Humane
People for Pets - Magic Valley Humane Society, Inc.
Priest River Animal Rescue Inc.
Simply Cats Animal Center
Snake River Animal Shelter
The Furry Farm Rescue, Inc
Illinois
Animal Protective League of Springfield and Sangamon County
Bond County Humane Society
Cat Guardians
DuPage County Animal Services
Gateway Pet Guardians
Heartland Animal Shelter
Heathers Foster Dogs NFP
Hinsdale Humane Society
Kitties For Keeps Rescue, Inc.
Metro East Humane Society
Mutts of the Midway
Orphans of the storm
Partners For Pets
Paws and Claws Cat Rescue
Peoria County Animal Protection Services
Sangamon County Animal Control and Adoption Center
Second City Canine Rescue
Serendipittys Sanctuary of Hope
South Suburban Humane Society
St. Sophias Forgotten Felines
Tree House Humane Society
Vermilion County Animal Regulations and Animal Shelter
Indiana
Animal Protection League
Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County
Bartholomew County Humane Society, Inc
Biscuit Factory Animal Rescue Inc
Brown County Humane Society
Catsnip, Etc.
Community Humane Shelter of Steuben County
Community Humane Shelter of Steuben County
Greensburg Decatur County Animal Shelter
HELP The Animals, Inc.
Humane Fort Wayne
Humane Indiana
Humane Society of Elkhart County
Humane Society of Indianapolis
Indianapolis Animal Care Services
It Takes A Village No-Kill Rescue
Martin County Humane Society
Pet Refuge
Rushville Animal Shelter
The Humane Society of Hobart, Inc.
Vanderburgh Humane Society
White River Humane Society
Iowa
Animal Lifeline of Iowa
Animal Rescue League of Iowa
Boone Area Humane Society
Dubuque Regional Humane Society
Humane Society of Scott County
It Takes A Village Animal Rescue & Resources
Kings Harvest Pet Rescue
Kansas
Doniphan County Pet Rescue
Great Plains SPCA
Helping Hands Humane Society
Humane Society of Greater Kansas City
Kansas City Kansas Animal Control
Lawrence Humane Society
Leavenworth County Humane Society, Inc.
Prairie Paws Animal Shelter
Southeast Kansas Humane
Wellington Humane Society Inc.
Kentucky
Ashland Animal Rescue Fund Inc. (AARF)
Boone County Animal Care & Control
Danville-Boyle County Humane Society
Friends of Butler County Animals
Hardin County Animal Care and Control
Knox-Whitley Humane Association Inc.
Scott County Humane Society, Inc.
Louisiana
Animal Aid for Vermilion Area
Animal Assistance League of Slidell
Bossier City Animal Services
Cenla Cat Project
City of Pineville Animal Control
Companion Animal Alliance
Grant Parish Sheriff's Office
Grant Parish Sheriff's Office
Lafayette Animal Shelter & Care Center
St. Tammany Animal Resource Team Inc.
St. Tammany Parish Department of Animal Services
Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control
Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter
Vernon Parish Animal Shelter
West Feliciana Animal Humane Society
Zeus' Rescues
Maine
Protectors of Animal Life Society (P.A.L.S.)
Maryland
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter (BARCS)
Baywater Animal Rescue
Canine Humane Network, Inc.
Little Beans Orphan Ark Rescue
Shadow Cats TNR
Tip Me Frederick
Massachusetts
Billerica Cat Care Coalition
BnR's Rock n' Rescue
Cape Ann Animal Aid
Here Today Adopted Tomorrow Animal Sanctuary, Inc
MetroWest Humane Society, Inc.
Standish Humane Society
Michigan
A ReJoyceful Animal Rescue
Companion Cats, INC.
Eaton County Humane Society
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit
I Heart Dogs Rescue and Animal Haven
Kent County Animal Shelter
Michigan Anti Cruelty Society
Tyson's Place Animal Rescue
Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter (UPAWS)
Minnesota
Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society
Green Acres Animal Rescue
Let Love Live Rescue and Sanctuary
Minneapolis Animal Care and Control
Minneapolis Animal Care and Control
Pope County Humane Society
Ruff Start Rescue
The Bitty Kitty Brigade
The Rescue Crew, Inc.
Warrior Dog Rescue
Mississippi
Creature Comforts CC
Four Paws Farm dba Animal A.I.D. Of Mississippi
Pearl River County SPCA
Southern Pines Animal Shelter
St. Francis Animal Sanctuary
Stone County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Missouri
Animal Welfare Alliance of Southeast Missouri
Cat Assistance Team - Sedalia
Center for Animal Rescue and Enrichment - CARE STL
Central Missouri Humane Society
Columbia Second Chance
Eden Animal Haven
HELP Humane Society
Humane Society of Southeast Missouri
Independence Animal Services
Joplin Humane Society, Inc.
Kansas City Pet Project
Needy Paws Rescue
No Time to Spare Animal Rescue and Sanctuary
Northeast Missouri Humane Society
Montana
Beartooth Humane Alliance
Beaverhead Animal Shelter
Bitter Root Humane Association
Dedman Foundation Inc.
Maclean-Cameron Animal Adoption Center
Paws of Perseverance
Stafford Animal Shelter
The City of Great Falls Animal Shelter
Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter
Nebraska
Capital Humane Society
Felius
FurEver Home, Inc.
Nebraska Humane Society
Taysia Blue Rescue
Nevada
A Home 4 Spot Animal Rescue
BlueFeather Horse Sanctuary and Misfit Mustangs
Forgotten Dogs Animal Rescue
Hearts Alive Village
Homeward Bound Cat Adoptions
Las Vegas Valley Humane Society
PALNV (formerly PAL Humane Society)
The Animal Foundation
Vegas Roots Rescue
New Hampshire
Dreams Come True Rescue Corp
Pope Memorial Humane Society Cocheco Valley
New Jersey
Animal Adoption Center
Animal Welfare Association
Bonnie's Animal Rescue Kingdom (B.A.R.K.)
EASEL Animal Rescue League
Happy Homes Animal Rescue Inc.
Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center
Jersey Shore Animal Center
MatchDog Rescue
Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge, Inc.
Rise Again Animal Rescue
South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter
New Mexico
Animal Humane New Mexico
Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley
Bernalillo County Animal Care Services
Deming Animal Guardians
Espanola Valley Humane Society
Farmington Regional Animal Shelter
Felines & Friends New Mexico
Humane Society Of Lincoln County
Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society
Watermelon Mountain Ranch
New York
Anita's Stevens-Swan Humane Society
Badass Animal Rescue
Broome County Humane Society & Relief Association
Buffalo Underdogs Rescue Inc
Helping Hounds Dog Rescue
Humane Assoc of Central NY Inc.
Keller's Kats Rescue, Inc.
KittyKind, Inc
Lend-A-Paw Rescue Inc.
Middletown Humane Society
Mohawk Hudson Humane Society
Muddy Paws Rescue
North Country Pet Adoption Services
Paws Crossed Animal Rescue Inc.
Pet Adoption Network LTD.
Puppy Kitty NY City Inc
Rescue City
Rock N' Rescue
Saving Paws Rescue, Inc.
SNARR Northeast Animal Rescue
Tabby Town
Ten Lives Club
The Humane Society of Walden
The SPCA Serving Erie County
Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
Ulster County SPCA
Waggytail Rescue
North Carolina
Adoption First Animal Rescue
Almost Home Dog Rescue NC
Anson County Animal Shelter
Asheville Humane Society
Carolina Boxer Rescue
Catawba County Animal Services
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control
City of Burlington Animal Services
Colonial Capital Humane Society
Cumberland County Animal Control
Foothills Humane Society
Forsyth Humane Society
Granville County Animal Control
Happy Hills Animal Foundation, Inc.
Heart of the Foothills Animal Rescue
Humane Society of Eastern Carolina
Humane Society of Wilkes
Independent Animal Rescue
Johnston County Animal Protection League
Juliet's House Animal Rescue, Inc.
M&M's Fur-Ever Furbabies
Onslow County Animal Services
Paws 4 Purpose
Paws 4 Purpose
PAWS of Hertford County
Paws4Ever
Person County Animal Services
Randolph County Animal Services
Rockingham County Animal Shelter
Wagon Tails Farm Rescue
Wilson County Sheriffs Office Animal Enforcement
North Dakota
Souris Valley Animal Shelter
Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue
Ohio
Animal Friends Humane Society
Colony Cats and Dogs
Fort Defiance Humane Society
Helping Animals Lost and Orphaned - HALO
Humane Society of Greater Dayton
League for Animal Welfare
Lucas County Canine Care & Control
Montgomery County Animal Resource Center
Multiple Breed Rescue
Must Love Corsos Rescue
None Left Behind Cat Rescue
One of A Kind Pet Rescue, Inc.
Pawsitive Hope Inc.
SICSA Pet Adoption Center
SPCA Cincinnati
Toledo Animal Shelter Association
Oklahoma
Ardmore Animal Care, Inc.
Central Oklahoma Humane Society
Enid SPCA
Legacy of Hope Dog Rescue
Northern Oklahoma Humane Society
Oklahoma City Animal Welfare
Oklahoma Pet Collective Society
Oklahome Animal Rescue, Inc.
Pets and People Humane Society, Inc.
Sand Springs Animal Welfare
Second Chance Animal Sanctuary
Stephens County Humane Society
Oregon
Animal Aid
Cat Adoption Team
Humane Society of the Ochocos
Salem Friends of Felines
Saving Grace
Street Dog Hero
Pennsylvania
All 4 Paws Rescue
Animal Care Sanctuary
Animal Rescue League of Berks County
Animal Resource Center
Animal Resource Center
Antietam Humane Society
Cross Your Paws Rescue
Humane Animal Rescue
Humane Society of Harrisburg Area Inc.
Last Chance Ranch
Morris Animal Refuge
Pet Pantry of Lancaster County
Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
Providence Animal Center
Sanctuary at Haafsville
Stray Cat Blues, Inc.
Rhode Island
Animal Rescue Rhode Island
North Kingstown Exeter Animal Protection League Inc.
Providence Animal Rescue League (PARL)
Ten Lives Cat Rescue
South Carolina
A Second Chance Animal Shelter
Anderson County PAWS
Animal Mission
Calhoun County Animal Services
Carolina Poodle Rescue
Charleston Animal Society
Colleton County Animal and Environmental Control
Darlington County Humane Society
Dorchester Paws
Florence Area Humane Society
Horry County Animal Care Center
Humane Society of Greenwood
Pickens County Humane Society
Saint Frances Animal Center
SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare
The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach
Tennessee
Animal Shelter Alliance of Rhea
Humane Educational Society
McKamey Animal Center
McMinn Regional Humane Society
Memphis Animal Services
Montgomery County Animal Care and Control
Nashville Humane Association
Paws to Care, Inc.
Smoky Mountain Animal Care Foundation
SPCA of Bradley County TN
True Rescue
Tullahoma Animal Shelter
Williamson County Animal Center
Young-Williams Animal Center
Texas
Abandoned Animal Rescue
Aggieland Humane Society
All Kind Animal Initiative
Amarillo-Panhandle Humane Society, Inc.
Animal Rescue Connections
Arlington Animal Services
BARC Animal Shelter and Adoptions
Beaumont Pets Alive
Best Friends for Life, Inc.
Brownsville Animal Regulation Care Center
Cattery Inc.
City of Alpine Animal Services
City of Baytown Animal Services
City of Cibolo Animal Services
City of El Paso - Animal Services
City of Fort Worth-Animal Care and Control
Collin County Animal Services
Cuz I Matter Animal Rescue
Dallas Animal Services
Dallas DogRRR
Denison Animal Welfare Group
Devoted to Pets Rescue
DFW Humane Society of Irving, Inc.
Dog Rescue R Us
Edgar And Ivy Cat Sanctuary
Fix West Texas
Footbridge Foundation
Fort Bend County Animal Services
Fureverwood Rescue
Grand Companions Humane Society
Great Pyrenees Rescue Society, Inc.
Gulf Coast Humane Society
Harris County Pets
Hearts & Bones Animal Rescue
Hill Country Humane Society
Hill Country SPCA
Houston Humane Society
Houston Pets Alive
Humane Society of Harlingen
Humane Society of Harrison County
Humane Society of New Braunfels Area
Humane Society of North Texas
Humane Society of Odessa
Jenni's Rescue Ranch
Laredo Animal Protective Society
League City Animal Care and Adoption Center
Lifeline of Galveston County
Marshall Pet Adoption Center - City of Marshall Animal Control
Mont Belvieu Animal Shelter
New Favorite Day
Noah's Ark SPCA-Humane Society
Operation Kindness
Palm Valley Animal Center
Paw Pact Rescue
Pecos Animal Shelter
Rescue Texas Resources
SPCA of Brazoria County
Special Pals, Inc.
SRGDRR aka Save Rocky the Great Dane Rescue and Rehab
Tejas Rescued Pet Adoptions
Texas CARES
Texas Humane Heroes
Texas Round Up Animal Alliance Inc.
The Happy Pet Project
Tri-City Animal Shelter
Victoria County Animal Services
Wags to Whiskers of Texas, Inc.
Wharton County Stray Pet Outreach Team
Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter
Wilson County Cats
Utah
Animal Care of Davis County
Because Animals Matter
Carbon Cat Rescue
Celestial Zoo Pet Rescue
Heber Valley Animal Services
Humane Society of Northern Utah
Kitty CrusAIDe
Nuzzles & Co.
Paws for Life
Purrfect Pawprints
Rescue Rovers
Ruff Patch Rescue
Second Chance for Homeless Pets
South Salt Lake Animal Services
Tooele City Animal Shelter
Underdog Animal Rescue & Rehab
Utah Valley Animal Rescue
Weber County Animal Services
West Valley City Animal Services
Virginia
Alleghany Humane Society
Fancy Cats & Dogs Rescue Team
Franklin County Humane Society
Goochland Pet Lovers
Humane Society of Warren County
Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue
Lynchburg Humane Society
Lynchburg Humane Society
Operation Paws for Homes
Pets Bring Joy
Portsmouth Humane Society
RappCats
Richmond Animal League
SFC Virginia
SPCA of Winchester, Frederick, and Clarke Counties
Washington
Adams County Pet Rescue
Adopt a Pet of Shelton
Blue Mountain Humane Society
Humane Society for Tacoma and Pierce County
Humane Society of Cowlitz County
Humane Society of Mason County
North Beach Progressive Animal Welfare Society
PAWS of Grays Harbor
Saving Grace Rescue Inc
Seattle Area Feline Rescue
Seattle Humane
Wenatchee Valley Humane Society
West Virginia
Humane Society of Parkersburg
Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association
Rescue Me WV Inc.
Webark Estates, Inc.
Wisconsin
9 Lives Rescue
Angel's Wish
Clark County Humane Society, Inc.
Dane County Humane Society
Driftless Humane Society Inc.
Dunn County Humane Society
Friends of Noah Inc. Wisconsin
Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County
Humane Society of Barron County
Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin
Madison Cat Project
Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission
Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary
Sandi Paws Rescue
Wyoming
Casper Metro Animal Control Center
City of Gillette Animal Shelter
Dog & Cat Shelter, Inc.
Lander Pet Connection
Laramie Animal Welfare Society
Laramie Peak Humane Society
Park County Animal Shelter