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.

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Mount Airy, MD

MAGSR is dedicated to rehabilitating and providing a second chance to shepherds that have been abandoned, abused, lost, strayed, or surrendered. Through our community outreach events around the Mid-Atlantic region, we teach and encourage responsible pet ownership. MAGSR remains committed to helping end the needless overpopulation, death, abuse, and neglect of dogs in our area and in improving the lives of the dogs as well as their owners.

Washington, DC

The Humane Rescue Alliance (HRA) protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. As a comprehensive, community-based organization serving the Washington, D.C. region and beyond, HRA provides direct care, rescue, low-cost veterinary services, and humane law enforcement to over 60,000 animals annually.

Reston, VA

The mission of NOVA Pets Alive is to enable shelters to save more lives. Our Vision is to eliminate the unnecssary killing of companion animals in shelters

Reston, VA

The mission of the Feline Foundation of Greater Washington is to provide necessary veterinary and loving foster care for every animal in our program, to find them permanent, adoptive homes where they will be treated with love and respect for the rest of their lives, to provide foster care for life if no adoptive home can be found, and to educate the public regarding responsible cat care.

Arlington, VA

Lucky Dog Animal Rescue is dedicated to rescuing homeless and abandoned animals, primarily dogs, from high-kill shelters and owners who can no longer care for them. By working with committed volunteers, foster homes, local veterinarians, trainers, and boarding facilities, we are able to rescue hundreds of animals every year.

Washington, DC

We identify, rescue, and place full and mixed breed corgis in need. We do this through rescue, community outreach, fundraising, and by using our platform to generate public awareness. Our structured rescue program is centered on finding the ideal match between each corgi we rescue, their unique needs, and the foster/adopter. By being a breed-specific rescue with over 20 years of corgi experience, we are uniquely positioned to contribute to reducing the number of corgis in puppy mills and shelter systems.

New Market, MD

Furever Home is focused on FeLV and other special need animals by raising awareness and assisting with care, treatment and housing. Our ultimate goal is to assist in finding the purrfect Furever Home.

College Park, MD

The City of College Park Animal Control Officer (ACO) enforces both City and County animal laws. The goal of the City's Animal Control is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the City's residents and animals. The City's Animal Control Officer is on duty and patrols the City to meet variable seasonal and weekly needs.

Beltsville, MD

Beltsville Community Cats, an all-volunteer organization formed in 2019, works with residents and businesses to humanely reduce the number of free-roaming community cats in Beltsville, MD. We use targeted Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return and natural attrition to reduce unwanted litters and keep feral cats healthier. We rescue stray, abandoned, and feral kittens for placement in foster homes, socialization, vetting and adoption.

Falls Church, VA

Wolf Trap Animal Rescue's primary mission is to support a life-saving foster, transport, and adoption program which was developed to rescue young animals in danger of being euthanized in Mississippi from overpopulation. After emergency transport to Northern Virginia, these pets undergo an extensive veterinary intake evaluation and then are placed in foster homes until they find their forever home through private MeetGreets.

Arlington, VA

Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation helps homeless pets find their way into loving homes through rescue and adoption. We offer same-day adoptions and two-week trial periods. Over 45,000 lives saved since 2001.

Oakton, VA

NoVa Cats Advocacy, Inc. uses social media to highlight adoptable adult cats in local shelters, rescues, and foster homes. While our main mission is to help these cats find loving forever homes, we specialize in those who might otherwise go unnoticed when competing with kittens: the seniors, the scared, the shy, and the special needs. NoVa Cats is also committed to outreach and intake prevention, by spreading awareness of low-cost spay/neuter resources, and helping pet owners resolve behavior issues.

Columbia, MD

Our mission is to ensure a future where every pet is safe, cared for, and valued through animal rescue, adoption, and outreach efforts, with the ultimate goal of reducing shelter overpopulation and securing a loving home for every pet.

Washington, DC

City DogsCity Kitties Rescue rescues adoptable cats and dogs in overcrowded and high-kill shelters, where resources are severely limited. We offer a lifeline to as many animals as possible, many of which are just days or hours away from being euthanized for no reason other than lack of space. City DogsCity Kitties Rescue is made up of a network of volunteers who foster cats and dogs in their homes.

Oakton, VA

TCAR is a volunteer-run, foster-based 501(c)(3) dedicated to improving the lives of unhoused cats, reducing their numbers, and protecting them from abandonment. We lead with compassionate, proactive rescue to protect our community_s most vulnerable. Through hands-on intervention, spay/neuter, and ongoing support for cats & caregivers, we give cats the safe, healthy, and loving futures they deserve.

Laurel, MD

Laurel Cats is a community effort to find and implement ways for feral community cats to live safely alongside people, their homes, and their businesses throughout Laurel, MD while humanely reducing their numbers. We offer Trap-Spay or Neuter-Return assistance for feral cats in all of Laurel's counties in addition to providing help to feral cat colony caretakers and providing low income residents help with getting their pets fixed.

Columbia, MD

We are building a humane environment for animals through rescue from dire situations, creating and providing better accessible resources for adopters and dog owners, growing a network of support organizations and promoting community education for widespread compassion and respect.

Mount Rainier, MD

Alley Cat Rescue (ACR)is leading the way promoting humane an compassionate care for all cats. ACR is dedicated to promoting compassion and nonlethal care for cats through effective programs; being national resource for assisting individuals to help cats. Helping individuals locate free and low cost spay/neuter programs. Assisting with cat behavioral problems, keeping cats in homes. Promoting better understanding of feline diseases.Maintains National Cat Action Teams to assist groups and individuals help domestic and community cats. Advocating for Neuter before adoption, early spay/neuter TNR, May Spay Challenge for Veterinarians, Education and training to keep cats out of shelter systems.

Mount Rainier, MD

A Cat's Life Rescue exists to provide a trap-neuter-release (TNR) program, adoptions, and medical care for cats, as well as education and therapeutic programs to the public.

Leesburg, VA

The Humane Society of Loudoun County , VA is a 501(c)3 no kill, animal welfare organization founded in 1966. We are an all volunteer non-profit business and we rely entirely on the generous donations of those in our community. We do not receive any federal, state, or county funds. Our Mission is to provide care, compassion, and a second chance for animals in need, and strengthen the bond between animals and people.

Leesburg, VA

Engage and inspire our community to save, care for, and value the lives of community cats through innovative programs and partnerships designed to decrease shelter intake.