Save homeless pets in Northwest Arkansas
Best Friends is dedicated to finding permanent, loving homes for dogs and cats in America's shelters, including here in Northwest Arkansas. Together with caring people in the community like you, we can ensure every pet knows a bright future.
We want to make sure that everyone has the same access to loving pets and that every adoptable pet has the option of residing in the comfort of a foster home rather than in a kennel in a shelter.
Open house event
Your neighborhood just got a little fuzzier: There’s a new Lifesaving Center in town.
Please join us on Friday, October 8, to welcome some adorable and adoptable animals to the community.
Best Friends Lifesaving Center
210 Prairie Lane
Bentonville, AR
This family-friendly event starts at 4 p.m. and includes:
- Animals available for foster and adoption
- A pet food pantry donation drive
- Updates on our upcoming Pet Resource Center (opening in 2022)
- Kid-friendly crafts
- A screening of The Champions at 7 p.m.
We’ll see you there!
Adopt or foster
Pets make our lives better. And right now while shelters, like so many places, are under strain, you can make a lifesaving difference.
By choosing to adopt a pet from our Best Friends Lifesaving Center or a local shelter, you are saving a life. No matter what type of dog or cat you're looking for, you're sure to find your new best friend. Not ready to adopt? Try fostering! Even a few days can give an animal that chance they need. Open your home and heart to a pet — for a week or for a lifetime. Stop by or reach out to learn more.
Best Friends Animal Society Lifesaving Center
210 Prairie Lane
Bentonville, AR 72712
479-274-0510
Open Wednesday through Sunday, 12-4 p.m.
Services:
- Cat and dog adoptions
- Cat and dog fostering and foster support
- Preview of the Pet Resource Center (opening in 2022)
- Community Pet Pantry
- Pet care and rescue resources
Volunteer
Best Friends in Northwest Arkansas is hard at work, and we have a variety of ways for you to get involved including animal transport, adoptions & cat care, fostering of cats and dogs, fundraising ambassador program and other ways to take action for both pets and people in Arkansas.
Become an Ambassador
As an ambassador, you set a fundraising goal and then get going. Our toolkit will help you create a personalized fundraising page, tell your story and get social with friends and colleagues to raise money and awareness about Best Friends’ lifesaving work. Join today as an individual, group or corporate ambassador!
Every dollar donated makes a difference for an animal
Your gift will go toward building this cutting-edge space and community destination where families can access services for their pets, and homeless dogs and cats can get the care and help they need to find forever homes.
Best Friends’ new home: A Pet Resource Center for pets and people
While we’re hard at work saving homeless pets in Northwest Arkansas, we're also building our new home: a full-service community destination with low cost spay/neuter, resources and assistance for pet owners, dog and cat adoptions and a community pantry to support pets and their families.
Like many thriving communities across the country, Benton and Washington counties in Northwest Arkansas have seen rapid growth over the past decade – and hardworking animal shelters and animal welfare organizations can’t keep up with the demand for services. For that reason, the counties struggle to meet the needs of thousands of pets.
You can help change that, with a state-of-the-art pet resource center that we’ll build together – a quality-of-life investment for Northwest Arkansas.
Get Involved Today
As a member of the Northwest Arkansas community, you have more power to create positive change than you might realize. We can help you do more than just save one animal, and make a long-term impact that ensures the safety of hundreds of thousands through support of animal-friendly programs and policies.
Caring for animals requires many supplies, add a few more items to your Walmart shopping cart to help Save Them All through the Registry for Good. Product donations support pets and community members in need. Attend one of our fun events or donate to support our lifesaving work today.
Best Friends Animal Society
With Best Friends, you're working to save the lives of cats and dogs all-across America, giving pets second chances and happy homes. We work with partners like the Northwest Arkansas Partnership for Animal Welfare to create hubs of innovation and inspiration – bringing tangible lifesaving tactics to shelters and rescue groups across the U.S., touching every community in the country.