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:
G.R.E.A.T. Rescue of Northeast Florida, Inc., founded in 2000, is dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing Golden Retrievers with loving, responsible families. Served by a Board of Directors and devoted volunteers, G.R.E.A.T. has placed over 750 dogs in need in caring homes. G.R.E.A.T. also is affiliated with the Golden Retriever Club of America Rescue Committee, Purina Pro Plan Rally to Rescue and PETCO Foundation.
Until there are none, rescue another one. We provide homes to shelter animals.
Papillon Pals Rescue, Inc. is committed to saving and enhancing the lives of abandoned, abused and neglected small breed dogs. Through the work of our volunteers and peer organizations we: Rescue, Rehabilitate, Relocate dogs into homes with people who will love them the rest of their lives. We educate the public about: Spaying and neutering. Maintaining up-to-date vaccinations. Consequences of purchasing dogs through pet stores and backyard breeders, while promoting the adoption of rescued dogs.
St. Philip Neri Animal Ministry is an outreach of St. Philip Neri Ecumenical Church.Our mission is to support rescue organizations and programs that benefit shelter animals and to provide resources, support, comfort, pastoral care and love to God's creatures and the individuals that love and care for them.
The Old Dog House organization is dedicated to giving older and senior dogs a second, sometimes third, chance at a new life. At so many shelters, the age of a dog determines its chances of reaching the adoption floor. We aim to enlighten the public to the joys of owning an older or senior dog through educational programs and to place rescued dogs into forever homes. The dogs will remain in our care until adopted.
The Animal Care and Protective Services Division ensures that animals are properly treated and controlled. For many residents, its most important function is to serve as a source for healthy, adoptable pets. The division implements and enforces laws, regulations, codes and procedures concerning the treatment of domesticated animals. It also enforces laws dealing with control of wild animals. Animal Care and Prot...
We directly benefit Jacksonville shelter animals by fundraising to provide medical care, enrich the shelter environment, promote adoption and reduce euthanasia. Our main goal is to help treat animals that have heartworm disease to save them from euthanasia. We help an adopter pay for the heartworm treatment on a case-by-case basis. We also help provide for other medical treatments that the city is unable to pay for.
In our shelter, we have dogs of all breeds, shapes, sizes and colors. We try to make the best possible match between dog and owner in the adoption process, ensuring both dog and owner can look forward to a happy future in a loving home. Here at Kamp Kritter, we think seriously about how we can best improve the life of each dog while we have him or her here with us.
Founded in 2003, St. Francis Animal Hospital believes it is not right to let an animal suffer with less than ideal medical treatment because their owner can't afford to pay. By providing affordable and subsidized veterinary care as well as education about proper pet care, St. Francis is keeping family pets healthy, in their homes and out of local animal shelters.
Our mission is to reduce the number of unwanted, abandoned or abused Akitas throughoutFlorida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and the Carolinas, andwhen necessary, provide them with refuge until they can be adopted into responsible loving homes,
Providing a beacon of hope to feral and abandoned cats. We are dedicated to provide for the health, welfare and protection of feral and abandoned cats through access to medical care, food and shelter by utilizing a functioning TNR program and education through community outreach.
Hope for Pits, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit based in Jacksonville, FL. We are a volunteer run rescue. We exist to rescue and rehabilitate bully breed dogs as well as educate the public and advocate for bully breeds.
To end the killing of dogs and cats in our community, the First Coast area of Florida and beyond. In 2009 we opened one of the largest spay/neuter clinics in the country. We have programs to help everyone needing help get their pets fixed, including a pet wellness clinic. Our Feral Freedom Program takes over 5,000 cats each year from the city shelter for TNR.
We will provide care, comfort and compassion to animals in need while engaging the hearts, hands and minds of our community to bring about an end to the killing of abandoned and orphaned shelter animals.
The Clay County Humane Society is a private non-profit animal welfare organization established in 1978. Initially our service to the community was the operation of a small shelter for abandoned dogs and cats which provided veterinary care, sterilization, and adoption into suitable homes.
EPIC Animals Outreach exists to inspire compassion through rescue, service, and humane education outreach to create a more compassionate world for people, animals, and the environment.
The Jed Fund, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization who's mission is to assist animal welfare organizations who work diligently to save the lives of homeless cats and dogs. Our project based mission identifies the needs of these groups, fundraises and markets for them in order to provide life saving and life enhancing funds.
Pit Sisters is dedicated to providing homes, love and voices to homeless dogs and to remove the stereotypes associated with certain dogs through education, advocacy and rescue. We work closely with our community to help reach no kill status.
To improve the lives of all shelter animals by providing transport services to rescue, foster or forever homes; continuing to promote pet adoption, spay/neuter and microchipping programs; to provide rescue and shelter support services through our Community Service or Shelter Makeover Programs.
Friends of Clay County Animals is an all volunteer group dedicated to helping heartworm positive, sick, and injured animals at Clay County Animal Care and Control get the medical care they need.
Love Me True Rescue, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and finding forever homes for felines in need. We focus on providing optimum healthcare and socialization for our cats so they have the best chance at a happy life.