Find a Best Friends Network Partner
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.
Each and every one of our network 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 network partner near you:
MEOW Now is an organization founded by concerned citizens along with two local shelters to implement an TNVR program for community cats in Pinellas County. MEOW Now provides vaccination, ear tip, and spay/neuter services to community cats and assists colony caregivers and trappers with resources and education.
Friends of Strays is a non-profit organization founded in 1978 in St. Petersburg, FL, dedicated to the care and adoption of homeless pets. The organization is funded by individual contributions, wills, bequests and business partner programs. Friends of Strays provides services to the most needy section of our pet population, the homeless animals of Pinellas County. These services include sterilization, medical treatment, socialization and daily care until each animal is adopted. The primary goal of Friends of Strays is to stop the reproduction of homeless cats and dogs who are abandoned and left to roam, unable to care for themselves. We are active in programs which educate the public about humane treatment and care of animals.
Pet Pal's mission is to rescue animals from shelters that may otherwise not live due to time limitations, illness, injury or lack of socialization/training.We are a no-kill shelter that promotes responsible pet ownership.We work well with our community partners to ensure the survival of animals whose fate could be determined merely by the lack of resources.
SPOT...Stop Pet Overpopulation Together!Our mission is to offer low cost spayneuter and basic vet care so everyone can afford to keep their pets and prevent unwantedaccidental litters.
E.A.R.S. Rescue(a 501(c)3 non profit) is not just a sheltersanctuary for animals, but for the people that love and care for them as well. We pride ourselves on the fact that our animals are all happy and well taken care of until they find their new home. As volunteers of E.A.R.S. we open our hearts and our homes to animals in need, as long as that may be.
The mission of Operation: SNIP is to reduce pet overpopulation and the resulting euthanasia of healthy dogs and cats through affordable high quality, high volume spaying and neutering and community education.
Rescue, Rehabilitate, Rehome
PawLife Rescue Group is a foster-based rescue dedicated to saving pets from dire situations and placing them into loving forever homes.
Protecting Paws for Life is dedicated to supporting domestic violence shelters in becoming or maintaining fear-free, pet-friendly environments. We aim to prevent pets from being left behind and facing potential abuse, neglect, or even death, as well as avoid being turned over to an already overpopulated and overburdened animal shelter system.
Kim's Cat Crusade is committed to end cat hunger and cat overpopulation in Pinellas County by providing daily feeding, care and protection to feral, stray and abandoned cats, and by offering information and resources to help others support these goals.
Our aim is to provide support and financial assistance to animal rescues and families whose beloved animals face physical limitations due to special needs. We strive to make the world a brighter place by bringing to light the perseverance, second chances, love, and joy that radiate from our community_s imperfectly perfect, specially-abled heroes.
Florida Cocker Spaniel Rescue was established in 1997. FCSR serves the general community by taking in unwanted dogs and providing food, shelter, and medical care until permanent homes can be found for them. Any donations that we receive go entirely towards food, spaying and neutering, heartworm preventative, and other basic medical needs of the dogs.
To rescue, vaccinate, spay or neuter, and find loving adoptive homes for stray, abandoned and neglected cats and to increase public awareness of the companion animal overpopulation issue and provide solutions to end the killing of adoptable animals in the Tampa Bay area and beyond.
The mission and purpose of the Animal Services Department is to ensure the health and safety of the people and pets in our community by encouraging responsible pet ownership through education, legislation, code compliance and providing incentives to sterilize pets.