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Thank you for stepping up to bring love home from a shelter near you 

When you adopt a pet from Best Friends or one of our local partners around the country, you not only save the life of a loving and loyal animal, but you also help make space for other pets to find families of their own.  

With the help of people like you, we’ve made incredible progress together for the animals. But still, a dog or cat is killed in America’s shelters every 90 seconds just because they don’t have a safe place to call home. We can change that in 2025, but we can’t do it without you.

We know millions of households will add a pet to their family this year. If just 1 in 17 more of those families chose to adopt a pet from a shelter, we could reach no-kill nationwide.

Help your local animal shelter or rescue group 

At Best Friends, our goal is to get more dogs and cats out of shelters and into homes and make every shelter in America no-kill. Each and every one of these shelters needs caring people like you to adopt, foster, donate, volunteer, and advocate to help save the lives of pets in your community. 

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Bring even more love home 

You can take action to ensure every homeless pet has the best chance possible of finding a safe, loving home.

You’ve already raised your hand to help the animals in a big way, and we’re so thankful. Every action you take makes a lifesaving difference. 

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We believe every pet deserves a home, whether it’s a house with a fenced yard, a cozy apartment, or a safe outdoor space for community cats. Do you agree?
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Donate

Your gift will go straight to work saving the lives of homeless pets around the country by providing them with the help and healing they need to find loving homes.
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Want to share your pet's video or photo, too? We'd love to see your pet living their best life! When you share your favorite video or photo of your pet at home, we’ll use it to inspire others to bring their best friend home.

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Connect with us on social media to stay in the loop about the lifesaving progress we’re making together.  

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More ways to bring love home today  

Every action you take for homeless pets helps to save their lives and gets the country closer to no-kill; we’ll show you how.

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Keep pets with their families 

Best Friends is working around the country to protect the rights of pets (especially big dogs) and their people, so pets can stay with their loving families — and you can help with your signature. 
Help keep pets with families 
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Foster kittens to save lives 

Opening your home to foster kittens is a great way to help homeless pets. Give us your email, and we’ll send you everything you need to know about fostering kittens.
Get started with fostering 
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Great new gear for you and your pet 

Check out our online store where you’ll find clothes, accessories, pet supplies, gift ideas, and more for you and your best friend. All proceeds go straight back to the animals. 
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Pets who found their way home 

Check out these pets and their stories of hope, love, and resilience.

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About Best Friends Animal Society

Best Friends is working to end the killing of dogs and cats in U.S. shelters in part by getting more pets out of shelters and into loving homes.

We’ve come a long way since the first known city reached no-kill in 1994, and now we’re closer than ever to making the entire country no-kill. Of the roughly 3,900 shelters operating in America today, 1,300 of them are not yet no-kill, but nearly half are close with 100 or fewer additional pets to be saved, and we know what to do to get them there.

Best Friends is committed to working with passionate people like you to save homeless pets through adoption, volunteering, fostering, and advocacy. In addition to our lifesaving centers around the U.S, we also founded and run the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals.

Working together, we can save homeless pets in our communities and secure a better future for our best friends. Together, we will bring the whole country to no-kill. 

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