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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Reisterstown, MD

The Baltimore Humane Society (BHS) was founded in 1927 by Elsie Seeger Barton. BHS operates a no-kill animal shelter; a low-cost Spay/Neuter & Pet Wellness Center; the Nicodemus Memorial Park pet cemetery, which also offers free bereavement services to the public; and a 343-acre protected wildlife sanctuary. BHS provides Humane Education programs to schools and youth groups, and is an Open Paw pilot shelter.

Millersville, MD

Anne Arundel County Animal CareControl's mission is to ensure public safety, humane treatment of all living things and provide quality and professional services to the public. Also, to improve the live of people and animals in our community.

Millersville, MD

To help people who help animals by providing high quality, low-cost spay/neuter services and necessary veterinary services.

Manassas, VA

DASH to the Rescue is a 501(c)(3) organization focused on issues related to homeless animals, adoption, care, and human interaction including the promotion of "adopt don't shop," spay and neuter, and rehabilitation.

Fort Belvoir, VA

Justice for Paws Animal Rescue is a foster-based nonprofit based in the Washington, D.C. metro area. We work with a network of partners to rescue homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals and find them loving forever homes. Our goal is to pursue equity, advocacy, and justice for all animals in need with a special focus on grassroots efforts to raise awareness and provide hands-on support in our communities.

Manassas, VA

DC Shiba Inu Rescue (DCSIR) is a group of dedicated volunteers whose mission is to rescue, foster, vet and train neglected, homeless, abandoned and stray Shiba Inus. It also works with owner surrenders to help keep Shibas in their current home or to foster and rehome via its extensive adoption process. DCSIR is committed to prioritizing the intake and placement of Shiba Inus in the immediate DC metropolitan area and may assist in the rescue effort for Shiba Inus and mixed breeds across the east coast as circumstances allow.DCSIR is a community-oriented rescue which strives to educate pet owners about positive behavior training, healthy nutrition and alternative health care, primitive breed temperament and the importance of spaying/neutering.

Manassas, VA

N.A.S.H. (No Animal Shall Hurt) rehabilitates and rehomes dogs in need while promoting humane care & responsible pet ownership. We provide veterinary care, foster, & adoption services for abandoned, neglected, surrendered, overbred, or at risk of euthanasia.

Through compassion, education, & community, N.A.S.H. strives to ensure every animal has the opportunity to live in a safe and loving home.

Harpers Ferry, WV

To The ResQ, Inc. (TTR) supports animal rescues, shelters, and owned pets in Eastern West Virginia. We fund spay/neuters, provide transportation to and from veterinary appointments, operate the Petfood Pantry, raise funds for veterinary emergencies, and foster pets of veterans in treatment at the VA hospital. TTR altered 261 cats and 9 dogs in 2023 and is a 501(c)(3) all-volunteer organization.

Fort Washington, MD

Our mission is to support the care of community cats through healthy and regular nutrition, adequate shelter, medical care, population control, rescue, and community education. In order to facilitate sustainable community cat care that is not financially or any way burdensome on caretakers or the public at large.

Rohrersville, MD

Our vision is to eliminate the killing of all friendly and feral outdoor cats and kittens at our local shelter in Washington County Maryland, by working together with the community to control the reproduction of all cats living outdoors. We provide financial and logistical access to reputable no cost or low cost clinics who spay and neuter, vaccinate and are equipped to provide necessary and often life saving medical attention.

Westminster, MD

Dedication to compassionate treatment of animals through; adoption, population control, education, and protection.

Westminster, MD

We are an all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to saving abandoned animals and finding their perfect match. We provide humane education and lifetime support for your adopted pet.

Westminster, MD

To rescue and place unwanted dogs and cats in permanent loving homes, mainly senior dogs, black dogs, and hounds from overpopulated high-kill rural area shelters. Additionally, Reach Out Rescue and Resources provides resource information for training, nutrition, boarding, vetting, and other needed services to help adopters maintain a happy, healthy dog or cat. We also promote animal welfare through public awareness.

Gainesville, VA

We accomplish our mission by educating and training animal shelter staff, rescue groups, volunteers and fosters to provide high-quality, cost-effective care through workshops, webinars and consultations, providing outreach and educational materials to animal-welfare professionals and the public, and promoting cooperation and information sharing within the animal-welfare community.

Haymarket, VA

Gray Face Acres Senior Dog Rescue is an all volunteer 501c3 organization that is dedicated to rescuing senior dogs from shelters and situations of abuse and neglect.

Upper Marlboro, MD

To provide for the health and welfare of the County's animal population through enforcement of the Animal Control Ordinance, resolution of animal-related disputes, and the promotion of adoptions, licensing, spay/neuter, and humane education.

Baltimore, MD

Charm City Companions is here for people & their pets. We help facilitate connections between underserved communities and quality, affordable, or free pet resources.

Baltimore, MD

AAHA, established in 2001, is a 501(c)(3) Non Profit Organization dedicated to rescuing and assisting animals in crisis. We have a particular commitment to the Pit Bull, and aim to raise awareness and education about this very misunderstood breed of dog. We serve as a resource and/or liaison for shelters, individuals and animal control, advocating for any animal in need. We work against cruelty to animals in all its forms. AAHA supports SpayNeuter initiatives in our local community. We're a Pit Bull-friendly animal rescue.

Baltimore, MD

In recognizing the need to have a city animal shelter that serves as a true resource for the people and animals of Baltimore, the city has reorganized its animal shelter into a 501(c)(3) non-profit and renamed it the Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter (BARCS.) In addition to receiving funding from Baltimore City, BARCS now has the critical ability to raise private funding from the community and enhance its volunteer efforts.

Baltimore, MD

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Towson, MD

Tara's House is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and an all-breed dog rescue.Our mission is to rescue and provide care and compassion for our pets while working to place them in permanent, loving homes.Tara's House has a dual approach to rescuing companion animals:1) we rescue from many local Maryland shelters, where we focus primarily on rescuing the harder to place dogs, such as those that are older, injured, or those that suffer from unwarranted breed discrimination; and 2) we rescue all breeds of dogs from high-kill shelters in rural areas with little to no funding for their own adoption programs.