Best Friends Events
This May, pets take center stage
May is National Pet Month, and that means we’re spotlighting pets — and the joy they bring — all month long. Get in on the fun!
Join the celebration
Give Love. Save Lives. with Walmart
This May, pets get the spotlight in Walmart stores across the U.S., including in communities like yours.
Come to Best Friends National Conference and leave with tools and connections to save more lives
This year, the conference is featuring the AI Learning Lounge, where — whether curious, cautious, or confident about AI — attendees can explore how using AI responsibly is saving lives.
Bring National Pet Month to the animals in your community
Don’t live near an event? No problem! You can put the spotlight on pets in your community this May when you adopt, volunteer, foster, and support your local shelter. Just fill in your email address, and we'll send you a list of shelters where you live and share more about how you can help save the lives of homeless pets.
Save pets in your community
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. You can help change that.
Whether you adopt, give, volunteer, or use your voice to protect animals, you’re helping to end the killing in America's animal shelters.
Saving lives all month long — and beyond
People like you are making no-kill a reality for shelters across the country all year long.
Get inspiring animal rescue stories delivered straight to your inbox
Never miss a feel-good animal story. When you give us your email, we’ll send you inspiring animal rescue stories each week, along with tips on different ways you can help save homeless pets in your community and beyond.
