Find a Best Friends Partner
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.
Find a partner near you:
Paws in Prison educates female inmates for greater responsibility and empathy through the rescue of shelter dogs to be adopted by the public.
NTTSARS is a 501c3 no kill animal shelter and sanctuary. We are committed to providing a better life for all animals in our community and surrounding communities through the rescue and rehoming of abandoned, neglected or abused animals. Educating and offering options for current pet owners to keep their beloved pets when they have fallen on hard times. We offer community awareness and low cost services.
The mission of Animals in Need Rescue Network is to provide a valuable service to the community by helping pets stay out of shelters and in forever homes. We want to keep pets from being euthanized with the ultimate goal of facilitating the process of making Los Angeles a No Kill City.
The mission of Kindness Ranch is to provide a sanctuary and place of rehabilitation for animals who have been used in laboratory research while fostering compassion for all animals. We provide an adoption program for all the animals we can rehabilitate. Those who are too debilitated, old or ill to be placed in a loving home remain on the ranch to live, surrounded by caretakers and volunteers who put the animals' well-being first.
SLCoAS provides services to unincorporated Salt Lake County, Herriman, Holladay, Midvale, & Salt Lake City. These services include animal control & sheltering services as well as low cost clinic services.
Kitten Rescue is a volunteer-managed no-kill rescue in Los Angeles that saves and adopts out over 1,000 cats and kittens annually through its network of foster homes and its private shelter facility.
A grassroots effort, San Antonio Pets Alive's (SAPA!) mission is to save EVERY adoptable dog and cat in danger of euthanasia at the City Shelter through adoption, foster care, baby bottle-feeding, the provision of alternative to pet surrender, and the involvement of citizens and businesses in order to make San Antonio a No Kill City!
To provide the pets of the homeless and at risk in Hillsborough County the basic needs including but not limited to food, treats, toys, collars, leashes, flea preventative, medical referrals and medical financial assistance.
To provide for the lost, homeless, neglected and abused animals of the City of Watertown and surrounding communities it contracts with, and to educate and enlighten the public regarding animal welfare.
Fairchild's mission is to improve the lives of feral and stray cats in Berks county and surrounding areas in PA through TNVR (Trap/Neuter/Vaccinate/Return) as well as helping to reduce the homeless cat population.We also wish to educate the community that TNVR is the most humane way to deal with the over-population crisis and it is the most cost-efficient.
The Alternative Humane Society was founded in 1977 with a no-kill philosophy and a goal of making Whatcom County a no-kill community. The use of foster homes for rescued animals was and has continued to be our policy. We remain a 100% volunteer organization with no paid staff and no physical shelter. All of the animals are still kept in foster homes. AHS offers a spay/neuter voucher program for those who qualify.
The mission of Life Savers Animal Rescue is to compassionately shelter lost, abandoned and surrendered pets and rehome those animals into a caring environment, thereby enriching lives through adoption.
Rescue. Rehabilitate. Adopt. Educate. Founded in 1969, the Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County (AWL) protects
the unwanted, neglected, abandoned, sick, injured and abused animals of Trumbull County.
To serve the community through education, protection, and pet adoptions.
PeoplePets Together helps families facing economic hardship by providing pet food to food shelves in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, by operating a pet food shelf in Minneapolis, with a veterinary assistance grant program, and through other programs designed to keep pets healthy and in loving homes. Our mission is to support the relationships that people have with their pets, and to prevent the surrender of pets during times of economic crisis.
The mission of Tremonton City Animal Shelter is to be a socially conscious animal shelter. We strive to ensure the best possible outcomes for stray, abandoned and impounded companion dogs and cats by providing compassionate care and humane practices. We are committed to promoting responsible pet ownership through collaboration with partners and the community to support individual needs of people and their pets.
Spay4LA is a non-profit mobile clinic providing high quality no cost spay/neuter in South Los Angeles (Zip codes 90001, 90003, 90011,90018, 90037, 90044).
The primary objective is to stop the overpopulation of feral and stray cats in Cecil County, Maryland and surrounding areas; to establish a Trap-Neuter-Return program (TNR); and to seek suitable homes for adoptable cats and kittens without owners.
The Love Pit is on a mission to reduce the homeless population of Pit Bulls through rescue, rehabilitation, training and advocacy.
Fat Kitty City is dedicated to ending needless animal suffering, through spaying, neutering, socializing, adopting and other approaches. We operate our one-of-a-kind cage free sanctuary in Northern California. Rescuing and providing shelter and medical aid to abandoned or abused animals, giving preference to those animals coming in from all the newly- homeless families throughout our community and beyond.