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Let’s make every shelter and community no-kill

Hundreds of thousands of loving dogs and cats were killed in communities around the nation last year, just because they didn’t have safe places to call home.

With your help, we can end the killing in shelters and save lives of homeless pets.

Best Friends is committed to bringing the entire country to no-kill, and while incredible progress has been made, we need your help more than ever to get across the finish line.

Help save homeless pets in Salt Lake City

You create a healthier community for both people and homeless pets when you foster, adopt, volunteer and advocate for the dogs and cats who need it most.

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Foster a pet

Fostering a pet is a short-term commitment with long-term impact. By opening your home to a dog or cat for even a few days, you can save lives. 

The fun of fostering a pet

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Adopt a pet

When you adopt a homeless dog or cat from a shelter or rescue group, you’re making a lifesaving difference for a loving and grateful animal.

See adoptable dogs and cats

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Volunteer to help save homeless pets

Volunteers — passionate, caring people like you — are the heartbeat of our organization. Whatever your interests, there’s a way you can help.

Becoming a lifesaving volunteer

Join a local team of advocates

We make the most change for animals when we work together, which is why we formed the Best Friends Action Team. Once you sign up for the Action Team, you’ll receive emails with more ways you can help save homeless pets.

Make a gift to save lives

Make a gift to the animals in Utah and your kindness will also help save at-risk pets across the country.

Your gift helps save the lives of homeless pets here in Salt Lake City and around the country by providing spay/neuter services, funding vaccine clinics, ensuring quality veterinary care, promoting adoption, and so much more.

Make a Lifesaving Gift

The animal sanctuary at the heart of our organization

The largest animal sanctuary of its kind in the U.S., Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah has become the heart of a collaborative no-kill movement, and a model for the future of animal welfare.

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About Best Friends

Best Friends Animal Society is working to save the lives of cats and dogs all across the country, giving pets second chances and happy homes.

Just a few years ago, cats and dogs were killed in staggering numbers in this country simply because shelters didn't have the community support or the resources to save their lives. That number is now less than half a million per year, but there’s still work to do to ensure a bright future for every dog and cat in America.

Best Friends operates the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals and is committed to saving the lives of homeless pets by working with shelters and passionate people like you. Together, we will bring the whole country to no-kill. Together, we will Save Them All.