Los Angeles Stories

Mollie is so compassionate and a great cat handler, she's also been a huge help as we increased our cat volunteer team!

Senior cat is adopted by senior woman suffering from dementia and her granddaughter to give the elderly grandmother comfort and make her happier.

To save distressed pets with critical injuries, Best Friends works with Los Angeles Animal Services. Read about dog hit by a car with broken legs.

Unsocialized cat, who seemed to be feral and was put in a working cat program, turns out to be friendly after all, and is adopted into a loving home.

Adopted kitten helps adopter heal after the shooting tragedy at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, that she had attended.

A huge help to our adoption team, Cheryl always shows up with a positive attitude that is so supportive with our potential adopters.

A wonderful dog handler, Petroula's positive attitude continuously inspires our team!

See photos of a shelter dog who went from scared and reluctant when she first arrived to more confident and happy. She has been adopted into a home.

Here are this year's best 10 happy pet stories, including some about Hurricane Harvey rescue dogs and puppies and one about a cat getting adopted.

Gema's dedication, passion and commitment to our dogs is second to none, we are eternally grateful for all of her hard work!

Laura is such an asset to our team, she does everything she can to help promote animals for adoption and does it all with a big smile!

Woman adopts loving small senior dog, later diagnosed with Cushing's disease, which is caused by excess adrenal gland hormones.

Lap Dogs, Not Laptops: Best Friends Animal Society’s #Holiday100 Adds Fun Adoption Twist to Black Friday Weekend

We can always count on Maureen - she is a great asset to the dog team and works with our more challenging population.

Robin is a wonderful addition to the NKLA Pet Adoption center - donating her incredible skills to our cat team, dog team and our data team!