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Best Friends partners are comprised of thousands of public and private shelters, rescue groups, spay/neuter organizations and other animal welfare groups, all working to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country.

Each and every one of our partners needs caring people like you to adopt, foster, donate, volunteer and advocate to help save the lives of pets where you live.

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Grand Island, FL

Partnership for Paws feels that it is our responsibility to help save and improve the lives of abused and abandoned dogs who find themselves in high kill shelters across Central Florida. We provide spay/neuter along with any necessary medical care and then work to place them with caring and loving families. We also work to educate the public on the importance of pet sterilization, responsible pet ownership and the humane treatment of animals.

Annandale, VA

Founded in 1991, Lab Rescue is non-profit organization committed to rescuing, vetting, fostering and finding loving homes for abandoned, homeless, and abused Labrador Retrievers. Lab Rescue also provides a referral service for owners seeking to place their dogs in new homes thus reducing the number of dogs surrendered to shelters.

Seal Beach, CA

The Seal Beach Animal Care Center is a non-profit, pro-humane animal shelter committed to finding permanent, loving homes for all the animals that come into our care.

Kent, WA

Regional Animal Services of King County (RASKC) provides King County with sustainable, cost effective services that protect people and animals, while providing humane animal care. Our organization is built on the cornerstone values of compassion and service. We demonstrate this commitment in the countless hours spent by staff and our RASKC volunteers to save animals' lives at the shelter and in the field. By collaborating with community partners, we are able to expand our programs and resources to provide even greater value to our residents.

Crandon, WI

The Forest County Humane Society has embraced its mission of rescuing animals for the past 3 decades. We are a no-kill, open admission shelter. Operating since 1996 at our present location, We are committed to being a shelter from the storm and a safe haven for all companion animals by providing food, medical care and human tenderness. By taking a firm stand against animal cruelty and abuse, and through community education and adoption services, we continue to enrich the lives of animals. We rescue, rehabilitate and adopt out all breeds of dogs and cats. Every animal is given a thorough examination by a veterinarian before placing them in a loving home and all animals are tested for disease that affect them, such as Lyme disease, heartworm, feline leukemia and other infectious or debilitating diseases. They are vaccinated, de-wormed and spayed or neutered. All animals are lovingly cared for until being placed in their "fur-ever" family.

Moline, IL

Our mission is to protect the welfare, health, and safety of pets and people and promote responsible pet ownership. Our philosophy is to be progressive in the animal welfare field by providing quality care to the animals; an aggressive spay and neuter program; and striving for placement of all adoptable pets where euthanasia is performed as a last resort. Our position is to be responsible for animal-related public safety, our mission is achieved through shared values including professionalism, responsibility, compassion, commitment, integrity, and community partnerships.

Hyden, KY

The mission statement for the Leslie County Animal Shelter is to provide the animals in Leslie County with a humane place to be surrendered while they wait for adoption or placement with a rescue group. We also try to find ways to help our community members provide healthier lives for their pets by obtaining grants for spaying and neutering.

Fayetteville, AR

The Animal Services Program with the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, is a part of the City's Community Resources Division and provides a variety of essential animal services to Fayetteville. Fayetteville Animal Services works to assure a community with a low rate of animal nuisance problems and a high rate of animals returned to their homes or natural environments or adopted to loving homes through our City Animal Shelter services.

Hutchinson, KS

The Hutchinson Police Department's mission is to foster trusting relationships while utilizing advanced law enforcement strategies to build a safer community. The department's Animal Services division's mission is to protect and advocate for companion animals in need, to build a safe and humane community that promotes compassion and seeks to strengthen the human-animal bond through education, adoption and spay/neuter services.

Saint Peters, MO

Our mission is to promote the health, safety, and welfare of pets and people in St. Charles County through effective education, enthusiastic adoption, and responsible enforcement programs.

Beckley, WV

Our organization was formed in 1979 for the express goal and objective to promote humane treatment of animals by way of education, humane animal population control, and humane care for injured, homeless, stray, and lost animals.

Prattville, AL

To provide a safe, caring environment for every animal that enters our facility while reuniting lost pets with their caring, rightful owners and finding loving forever homes for as may as possible and to stand up for those who can't speak for themselves to stop neglect, abuse and cruelty and prevent future incidents through education and perseverance.

Avon, IN

It is the mission of Misty Eyes to end the needless euthanasia of domesticated pets throughout Indiana and to teach responsible pet ownership and kindness towards all living things. We will do this by working with local organizations, providing community outreach, spay/neuter education and educating adopters, to create lifetime adoptions.

Rydal, GA

Georgia Pet T.A.I.L.S. Inc. (GPT) is a 501(c)3 non-profit animal welfare rescue organization dedicated to helping pets in the Georgia community. Unlike most other rescues, our focus is directly on pets that are not yet in shelters. It is our goal to help reduce the number of pets who ever see the inside of a shelter by helping pets in low-income homes, on the streets and in crisis situations.We are a foster based organization that primarily serves the Metro Atlanta and North Georgia areas.

Queen Creek, AZ

2nd Chance Dog Rescue is a 501C non profit organization dedicated to saving abandoned/abused dogs and provide them with shelter and a safe environment so they can regain their trust in humanity. We have opened our hearts to them in hopes of finding them their furever home.

Moundsville, WV

To prevent the overpopulation of dogs and cats in our community through education; and through our animal shelter, to provide a clean and stress-free temporary home for needy dogs and cats. We provide spay and neuter services to the community through the Tiffany Dlesk Spay/Neuter Clinic, promote responsible pet ownership, disease prevention, provide a temporary shelter for stray, unwanted or homeless animals, and maintain a vigorous adoption program.

Sedalia, MO

Sedalia Animal Shelter is dedicated to caring for homeless pets in our community through adoptions, cruelty investigations, community awareness, and caring for companion animals until lovinghomes can be found.

Heuvelton, NY

Gracious Friends Animal Sanctuary is a 501(c)3 charity dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of abused, abandoned or surrendered domesticated animals. In addition the sanctuary provides lifelong homes for some animals. We also educate the public regarding animal issues.

McCook, NE

Our organization is committed to keeping pets safe, happy and healthy while they wait to be placed in a forever home. The McCook Humane Society provides a temporary home for homeless pets. We are dedicated to finding permanent, loving homes for abused, neglected, and abandoned animals in Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas. We strive to be as low kill as possible and give them every opportunity to find forever homes.

Lampasas, TX

Lampasas Community Cats-TNR (LCC-TNR) is dedicated to improving the lives of abused, abandoned, feral, stray, and injured Cats in Lampasas Texas and its surrounding areas. We do not take in owner released animals, but instead focus our efforts into helping un-owned, stray and feral cats and kittens through Trap-Neuter-Return(TNR). We also support community and feral cats through other community outreach effors. LCC-TNR will respect and show compassion to all animals. We will work to improve the lives of abused, abandoned, feral, stray, and injured cats. We will promote spay and neuter programs, promote Trap, Neuter, and Return as the most humane method of effecting postive change in feral cat populations, provide educational and informational assistance to the public. Re-home (if possible) and provide medical care as needed to community cats and possible.

Columbia, SC

The Mission of the Humane Society is to end animal cruelty, neglect, and overpopulation.Towards that end, we operate a fixed site and a mobile spay/neuter clinic which provides surgical service to over 8,000 pets a year.Additionally, we investigate reports of animal cruelty and abuse; offer a program to help manage feral cat colonies; provide education about the humane treatment of animals to community groups; and offer selected programs and projects based upon community need.