Network Partners Stories

Group of leashed dogs and a person in front of an orange arch

Strut Your Mutt marks 30 years in Salt Lake City

Costumed pups, adoptable pets, and hundreds of local dog lovers filled Liberty Par...
A lifesaving tradition
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White and tabby cat looking out from a hidey hole beside a toy ball

Foster challenge helps over 20,000 pets

More than 150 Best Friends Network Partners tested fresh approaches to fostering p...
Encouraging people to give fostering a try
Best Friends Magazine
Ariel the dog sitting

How one fearful dog helped a rural shelter save more

A staff person at a small Virginia shelter shares how outings, social media, and r...
Changing the system
Best Friends Magazine
Flooding around a house in Shiprock, New Mexico

Helping pets after Navajo Nation, Utah, New Mexico floods

After record flooding, Best Friends is working with local shelters and rescue grou...
Showing up for one another
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Kellee Robertson wearing a police uniform beside a shepherd dog

Kellee Robertson has a wish

Helping pets means supporting the people who love them. Kellee wants her community...
Wanting the public to consider shelters as safe places
Julie Castle Blog
Balboa the dog lying down and smiling

How a tiny Texas animal shelter reached no-kill

Once limited by space and resources, Lyford Animal Shelter is now saving more dogs...
Small shelter, big changes
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Justin Serna holding a kitten

Justin Serna wants to see you be extraordinary, so hurry up and fail

A moral obligation to animals inspired Justin Serna to turn his community’s lifesa...
A spiritual relationship to animal welfare
Julie Castle Blog
Person sitting on a couch with Bark Twain the dog

Spay/neuter helps 2 Virginia shelters reach no-kill

A Best Friends grant funds spay/neuter surgeries for adoptable pets to help them g...
Helping pets and people
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Chico the dog in Steven Szydio's vehicle looking out the window for Adventure Buddy Day

400+ shelter dogs embark on day of adventure in L.A.

One special day brought hundreds of dogs out of the shelter to relax, have fun, an...
More than a day of fun
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Steve the dog with a cast on one of his front legs

Grants expand access to veterinary care for Los Angeles pets

Funding supports nonprofit partners in providing critical care to pets and the peo...
Giving pets a second chance
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People from Human-Animal Support Coalition

For Amy Dixon, helping pets starts with helping people

When we put our energy toward the problems facing people first, we can prevent pet...
Keeping pets safely with their families
Julie Castle Blog
Gabriel the dog beside a child

Access to vet care helps Texas shelters reach no-kill

Collaboration between Texas shelters and Best Friends has helped more pets like Ga...
New initiative helps save lives
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Collage of three photos of people taking dogs out for Adventure Buddies Day

Kennels empty for Adventure Buddies Day in Los Angeles

How nearly 400 shelter dogs in Los Angeles got their best day ever.
It’s much more than exercise and enrichment
Julie Castle Blog
Jeremiah the puppy outside in the grass

Oklahoma shelters unite to save pets in 2 emergencies

When Oklahoma shelters faced two large-scale emergencies, relationships built thro...
It takes a village
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Heather Hall outside with a dog who is in a wheelchair

If you’re looking to save a life in West Texas, look for the vultures circling

In West Texas, Heather Hall is saving animals and proving to all of us that we bel...
Working in animal welfare makes us better people
Julie Castle Blog