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You can make a lifesaving difference for homeless pets

To homeless pets in Los Angeles waiting for families of their very own, you can be a hero. You can make a lifesaving difference.

Pets in shelters here in Los Angeles and around the country are killed in shelters every day, just because they don’t have a safe place to call home. In 2021, about 355,000 dogs and cats were killed in shelters nationwide, but you can help change that.

You can adopt, foster, volunteer and advocate for pets. And we can provide training and behavior guidance should you ever need it, or help you find local spay/neuter services. Working together, we'll make California and the entire country no-kill by 2025.

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Donate: make a gift to save lives

When you make a gift to the animals, you’ll be helping to save the lives of homeless pets in Los Angeles and around the country.

Your contribution supports our lifesaving work and helps shelters across the country to achieve no-kill. Your generosity ensures lifesaving second chances. Your compassion helps to Save Them All.

See How You Can Give
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Volunteer: give your time

You can provide hope and happiness to homeless pets by volunteering.

For animals here in Los Angeles waiting for a family of their very own, your gifts of love, time and companionship make a lifesaving difference.

Volunteer in Los Angeles
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Foster: open your heart and home

When you foster a cat or dog in Los Angeles, you’re not only providing a safe and loving place for a pet to learn and grow, you’re helping to make room for more animals in the shelter.

Fostering an adoptable animal in your home, even for just a few nights, is a great way to help save a homeless pet’s life.

Foster in Los Angeles
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Advocate: create positive change

You have the power to create positive change for the animals in your community. Join the Los Angeles 2025 Action Team or start your own today.

Expand pet-friendly housing, provide resources for local community cats and kittens and their caregivers, make sure people can share their lives with any dog they choose, regardless of breed, sign lifesaving petitions, and more.

Join Our Advocacy Team
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Are you a Girl Scout in Los Angeles looking to help kittens?

With the Best Friends Animal Society Scout Patch Program, scouts of all levels can earn a new patch by stepping up to care for a kitten in need.
Download the program curriculum