Saving The Aggressive Breeds

Saving The Aggressive Breeds is a partner of Best Friends, working together to save the lives of dogs and cats in communities like yours across the country

The Best Friends Network is made up 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.

From Saving The Aggressive Breeds

The mission at Saving the Aggressive Breeds is to help "STAB" the stigma of our power breeds by focusing on Saving The "Aggressive" Breeds and educating the public. We believe in getting a dog that fits your lifestyle and not just your ego. We aim to help understand the misunderstood.

Charlotte, NC 28217-2065
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How is your community doing when it comes to lifesaving? 

Our partners support each other and inspire their own communities to increase lifesaving of dogs and cats across the country.

Every partner has one common goal: to save the lives of homeless pets.

How Is Your Community Doing?

Animals in North Carolina need your help

You can make a world of difference in the lives of cats and dogs in your community when you work with Saving The Aggressive Breeds and Best Friends to support homeless pets and save more lives.

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Adopt a pet

When you adopt a homeless dog or cat you’re saving the life of a loving and loyal animal. You’re also making space for other pets to find families of their own.
Adopt a Pet
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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.
Foster a Pet

Heartwarming stories from our partners

Just like Saving The Aggressive Breeds, shelters and rescue groups around the country are saving the lives of homeless cats and dogs. Read more about their lifesaving work. 
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West Virginia animal shelter a lifesaving powerhouse

Mineral County Animal Control and its committed leader are proving that you don’t ...
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Lost in Big Bend, found by kindness: How 2 dogs got home to Mexico

While a story of unlikely heroes saving lives feels like it should be a blockbuste...
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Who we are

Best Friends Animal Society  works alongside thousands of animal shelters, rescue groups, and other animal welfare organizations to save the lives of cats and dogs across the country and to make the entire country no-kill.

The Best Friends Network is comprised of thousands of animal welfare groups from every single state, all working to save the lives of pets in their own communities.

Ranging from animal shelters and rescue groups to spay/neuter and trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) organizations, they collaborate with Best Friends to save even more lives in every corner of the country.

Best Friends provides marketing help, fundraising events, webinars, grants, and other resources so that, together, we can Save Them All.

Interested in becoming a partner? Visit bestfriends.org/network.