While the Sanctuary remains the heart and soul of Best Friends, we now have lifesaving centers and programs in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, New York City, Houston, Northwest Arkansas and other areas. In addition, through our national network of partners, lifesaving tactics are being implemented in shelters and rescue groups across the country. 

As recently as 2016, nearly 1.5 million cats and dogs were killed in America just because shelters didn’t have the community support or the resources needed to save them. Best Friends is committed to changing that and to bringing the entire country to no-kill in 2025. Together, we can Save Them All.  

Best Friends in Arkansas

Shelters all around Arkansas need your help to get lost dogs back to their loving homes without entering a shelter. We also need to ensure the safety of cats who prefer living outdoors and prevent them from entering shelters in the first place. With your help, we can end the killing in animal shelters throughout Arkansas and make the state a safe place for all cats and dogs to call home.

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Best Friends in Navajo Nation

Best Friends is working with Navajo Nation Animal Control and the Navajo Nation Veterinary Program, along with spay/neuter and rescue organizations, to save more lives in the Navajo Nation animal control facilities.

We’re also working to address the overpopulation of free-roaming dogs and to increase public awareness around animal-related issues.

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Best Friends in Virginia

With your help, we can end the killing in animal shelters throughout Virginia and make the state a safe place for all cats and dogs to call home. You can bring joy home when you adopt from your local shelter, use your voice to defend Virginia pets, support your local shelters, and so much more. Best Friends will show you how.

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Best Friends in Wyoming

Shelters all around Wyoming need your help to ensure the safety of cats who prefer living outdoors and prevent them from entering shelters in the first place. With your help, we can end the killing in animal shelters throughout Wyoming and make the state a safe place for all cats and dogs to call home.

Best Friends is committed to helping shelters implement trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) programs, protecting community cats, and supporting working cat programs throughout Wyoming.

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No-Kill Los Angeles (NKLA)

Best Friends Animal Society has worked side-by-side with Los Angeles Animal Services (LAAS) and the No-Kill Los Angeles (NKLA) Coalition to go from a 56% save rate in 2012 to a 90% save rate in 2020. While navigating tremendous change and obstacles throughout the pandemic, the City of Los Angeles has been able to maintain a high save rate in 2022.

We are continuing to pivot our strategies, create programming sustainability, and help the public support the lifesaving of cats and dogs through foster, volunteering, and adoption.

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No-Kill Utah (NKUT)

Best Friends has always believed that collaboration is the key to saving more lives, which is why we created the NKUT initiative and then the NKUT Coalition.

The coalition brings together shelters, rescue groups, other animal welfare organizations and passionate individuals with the goal of saving the lives of homeless pets in Utah.

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