Los Angeles Stories

Lotta's energy, passion and dedication is an inspiration to our staff and her ability to work with a wide variety of dogs help us understand them during their time at the center.

A huge help both at our center and on mobile adoptions, Stephanie's focus and dedication helps our pets find their forever homes

Patrick Stewart fosters a pit bull dog for Wags and Walks, and the pictures and videos go viral.

Collaborative efforts result in Los Angeles city shelters achieving a record save rate and the city continuing on track to become no-kill in 2017.

City On Track To Become No-Kill By 2017

Shy pittie mix gains confidence after animal rescue volunteer starts spending time with her. Pit bull has now been adopted and is an Instagram star.

Vanessa is a wonderful volunteer, always willing to help our cat care team and works exceptionally hard at our NKLA pet adoption center!

Family adopts senior three-legged Labrador retriever dog with appendicular osteosarcoma, an aggressive, terminal bone cancer, promising to love her.

A mentor to our volunteers and dog trainer in our C.L.A.S.S. program, we are so lucky to have Angela's help!

Interviews with Best Friends leaders about no-kill progress and ending pet homelessness in Los Angeles, New York City, Atlanta, and the state of Utah.

Inspirational puppy with birth defects -- crooked nose, overbite, and fused joints - shows how bravery and love are keys to living a happy life.

Dog fostering program at Best Friends in Los Angeles helps staff learn more about the animals and help pets get adopted more quickly.

A program at Best Friends in Los Angeles is putting cats who might not otherwise be adopted to work providing rodent (mouse and rat) control.

Best Friends Animal Society offers $14 pet adoptions in Los Angeles from Feb. 1-14

From greeting visitors to completing adoption paperwork, Ian is a huge help throughout the entire adoption process and is extremely dedicated to helping the animals.