New York City Stories

Young Australian cattle dog with striking blue eyes finds the perfect active foster home who then adopt her.

Start spreading the news: Best Friends volunteer opportunities help save more lives in city shelter system.

New foster care program launches in New York City.

New York Governor Mark Cuomo signs pet dealer bill into law, allowing municipalities to regulate the pet trade within their jurisdictions.

Blessing of the Animals takes place in New York with the Reverend Dr. Stephen Bauman and Rabbi Peter Rubinstein on hand to bless the animals.

It's love at first sight when a couple meet at Strut Your Mutt in NYC. They marry a while later, and then honeymoon at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Generous donors provide much-needed supplies and food for animals affected by Hurricane Sandy. Best Friends is also providing grants to rescue groups.

Pup My Ride L.A. transports Los Angeles at-risk shelter dogs by airplane to New York, where they will have a better chance of being adopted.

Pet stores, such as Fresh Paws of Bel Air, Pet Rush, the Salty Paw, and some Petland stores, are adopting out dogs and cats instead of selling them.

Best Friends' video promoting adopting a dog or cat from an animal shelter or rescue is currently running in NYC in Times Square on the Geoffrey Tron.

Best Friends will be included as one of 10 charities in O, the Oprah Magazine's Live Your Best Life Walk in New York City.

Best Friends Animal Society steps in to help Pets Alive, a sanctuary outside of New York City that had become involved in institutionalized hoarding.