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:
The Cassie Lee Cat Rescue is a 501 (C)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to saving cats from high kill shelters, strays, abandoned, abused or injured animals and placing them into loving homes.
In Zoey's memory, I have created Zoey's Place, a simple organization dedicated to the rescue and care of cats in need.We rescue small but we rescue well...
K9 Kismet Dog Rescue is a nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, specifically to rescue and re-home homeless dogs from high-kill shelters in LA and Orange Counties, California. To that end, the activities we propose to conduct include locating and rescuing dogs in the LA and Orange County areas from the euthanasia lists in high-kills shelters, and from owners who want to surrender their dogs to keep those dogs from said shelters. K9's efforts will be to find these dogs foster homes while seeking permanent homes for them. K9 Kismet is an all-breed rescue, however, specializes in bully breeds.In addition to rescuing and placing dogs in new homes, K9 Kismet also provides medical services, food, toys, beds, etc. for dogs whose owners can't afford these services or items for their pets.
Our mission is to rescue and rehabilitate as many abandoned and neglected cats as we can each year. Prior to adoption, we spay/neuter, vaccinate, de-worm, de-flea, micro-chip and FIV/FELV test all cats and kittens. We find loving, safe and permanent homes for all of the cats that we take in to our rescue. We have TNR projects at 2 feral colony locations where we feed, give fresh water to and monitor daily.
The Lovejoy Foundation's motto is, "Touching Lives one animal at a time." Owner and Founder Erin Lovejoy provides a peaceful outside setting for a dog and puppy sanctuary; a place for the public to come and play and adopt the puppies and dogs. Erin stands strong behind her belief that through educating the youth, the awareness will impact the future dramatically with the neglected, abandoned and abused animals on the streets and in the shelters. Her goal is no dog is left without a purpose, or without a job, or without a home.
We focus on providing dignity, love and a second chance to homeless animals by ensuring they receive the medical care, attention and time they need to find their forever home.
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.
Zazzy Cats Kitty Rescue is a Non-Profit Public Benefit Charity Organization based in Long Beach, California.Our rescue was founded for the primary purpose of rescuing high risk cats, kittens, expectant and nursing queens from city and county shelters in the Los Angeles area.
Serve, protect and shelter homeless companion animals. Place animals into humane environments. Promote responsible pet ownership and reduce animal overpopulation. Celebrate the human-animal bond
Pug Nation Rescue of Los Angeles is a non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue, care, and placement of abandoned, neglected, unwanted, displaced, and abused pugs. Pug Nation gives these pugs a second chance in a loving and caring forever home. Additionally, we provide information and resources to inform the public about the specific needs of the pug breed. Pug Nation helps vulnerable, needy pugs one pug at a time.
Basic Needs Foundation provides food for working homeless people who live in their vehicles and pet food for their pets. We also provide pet food for low income people, and cat food for feral cats. We find homes for homeless pets, when their homeless owners can no longer take care of them. In addition, we hire mobile clinics and provide no-cost spay/neuter to low income pet owners in small towns, and TNR feral cats.
Paw Prints in the Sand Rescue is an all animal rescue dedicated to saving the lives of stray, abandoned and abused animals in high-kill shelters and rehoming pets when owners can no longer care for them. We ensure all of our rescues are spayed or neutered, vaccinated and micro-chipped. We are an all-volunteer network that provides foster homes, vet care, training and ultimately a loving forever home for our rescues.
We are a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit rescue based in Pasadena, CA. All our animals are safe in foster homes while they await their forever homes.
Saving Shibas Inc, a California corporation with 501(c)3 status, is a small canine rescue specializing in the Shiba Inu breed. Our dogs are rescued from shelters, neglect, abandonment, and homes in distress.
We service Seniors, Homeless, Low Income, and Homebound individuals in and around Long Beach, who otherwise may not have adequate means to take proper care of their pets.Spay/neuter is now mandatory in Long Beach because of shelter overpopulation due to a large amount of unwanted puppies and kittens in the facility, leading to euthanasia of many of them. Fix Long Beach is an all-volunteer effort intended to mitigate these numbers. We have been recognized by the Long Beach shelter and several city council members for fixing over 5,000 pets and having contributed to a 70% decline in euthanasia numbers.Our mission is to make long beach a no kill city. We worked with City council to change the law in Long Beach in 2015 to make Spay and Neuter mandatory and our goal in the next two years is the make this law state-wide.
Our program assists the homeless community of dog owners. It is the only program in California, and possibly the United States, specifically founded to assist homeless dog owners spay/neuter, vaccinate, license their dogs, as well as offer a variety of services including crisis care for the life of the dog.
betterTogether Forever's mission is to help under-served, under-resourced, at-risk people and the pets they love stay together. People and the pets they love belong together no matter what challenges life has thrown their way. Our organization is dedicated to helping pet parents in Los Angeles communities that are low income, housing vulnerable, under-served and under-resourced access valuable services that help them stay together with the pets they love, and to keep those pets safe, healthy, happy, off the streets, and out of animal shelters.
Del Gato Rescue's primary purpose is to prevent shelter impounds. We rescue homeless, abandoned, injured, sick, pregnant, and stray community cats and kittens directly from the streets of Los Angeles, rehabilitate them, and ensure they are up to date on all necessary veterinary care. We then place them in comfortable indoor foster homes until we can match them with their purrfect forever home.
North Long Beach Cat Rescue is a grassroots, neighborhood animal welfare group focused on responsible cat colony management, including trap-neuter/spay-return practices, procurement of medical care for community cats in need, animal welfare advocacy for free-roaming, unowned cats, and fostering and adoption of found kittens and socialized cats.
Paws of the Night Animal Rescue is dedicated to giving second chances to animals in need through compassionate care, rehabilitation, and adoption. We believe in empowering families and communities through spaying/neutering, TNR, education, and support services that keep pets in loving homes. Guided by empathy & passion, we strive to create a world where every animal has a safe place under the moonlight.
Goodest Dogs is a 501(c)(3) foster-based rescue dedicated to Great Danes with complex medical needs. With no brick-and-mortar facility, 100% of our resources go directly to the dogs, funding surgeries, specialty vet care, and rehabilitation through a network of dedicated foster homes. We believe every Great Dane deserves a second chance, no matter the diagnosis.