Los Angeles Stories Image Superhero volunteers save shelter pets Superhero volunteers donate their time to help pets and Best Friends Animal Society. Cape or no cape, they prove compassion for pets is a superpower. Best Friends Magazine Image Our "Best Friend" Honored Volunteer: Emily Lucitt "Emily has helped our program grow and we are over the moon happy to have her as part of volunteer team." Feature Image When short-term dog fostering leads to adoption Heartwarming story of a shelter dog named Parker who won the hearts of his foster family who decided to adopt him into their family Feature Image A premature kitten’s journey Kitten who was born prematurely and was the only surviving kitten of his litter gets help at Best Friends in L.A. and is then fostered and adopted. Feature Image Volunteering with baby kittens Interview with Connie Murphy who volunteers with baby kittens at Best Friends in Los Angeles. She describes what it's like to bottle-feed a newborn. Feature Image Good news in Texas and California for shelter pets Texas & California make up about 25 percent of the shelter animal killing happening in the US. Best Friends helps implement strategies to change this. Feature Image A big, loving home for a deaf senior dog Deaf senior dog, with a benign mass on her ear and skin allergies, receives medical help and is then fostered and adopted. Read the sweet story. Feature Image Friendship is love for these senior dogs Two senior dogs receive treatment for flea dermatitis: diet changes and a strict regimen of antibiotics, ear flushes, fish oils and medicated baths. Feature Image Our "Best Friend" Honored Volunteer: Janine Hicks "She has a positive can-do attitude, and she is always willing to go the extra mile." Feature Image How an angry senior cat went from shelter to home Angry senior cat, who would spit, hiss and growl at people, is helped with reward-based clicker training and then goes on to be adopted. Feature Image Our "Best Friend" Honored Volunteer: Kathrin Nguyen "Kathrin is a natural teacher, a very talented cat handler, and pretty much one of the nicest, warmest people you will ever meet!" Feature Image LA City Shelters Hit Record 89.7% Save Rate in 2018 Best Friends Animal Society-led NKLA Coalition Helps Achieve Record in 2018 at Nation’s Second Largest Shelter System Feature Image Emergency surgery saves cat’s life Cat with a urinary blockage due to large crystals has emergency surgery to prevent his bladder from rupturing. He is now living the good life. Feature Image Puppies beat parvo and go home for the holidays Puppies test positive for parvovirus, a life-threatening disease that affects the GI tract. They receive IV treatments and are adopted. Feature Image Our "Best Friend" Honored Volunteer: Kristen Hirsch "Kristen is not only an incredibly talented dog handler, she is a truly lovely person that brings such a great positive energy to our team!" Feature Pagination Previous page First page 1 … Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Current page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 … Last page 34 Next page