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:
Our mission is to identify, rescue, and rehabilitate high-risk dogs - particularly those facing euthanasia in overcrowded shelters due to medical needs, behavioral decline, or breed discrimination. We provide individualized care, trauma-informed training, and loving foster environments to help each dog heal and thrive. Our ultimate goal is to place every dog into a safe, stable, and forever home.
The Good Boy Foundation supports dogs and the people who love them by partnering with reputable rescues, maintaining a free public education library and pet parent course, and providing end-to-end cancer support, including medical guidance, grief support, and financial assistance for families in need.
We have positioned Fetchin' Retrievers Rescue to partner with veterinarians, dog trainers, groomers, and other rescue groups as a resource for these professionals and organizations if they encounter dogs in need. We are primarily focused on the following types of Retrievers: Golden Retrievers, Labrador Retrievers, Flat Coated Retrievers, Curly Coated Retrievers, Duck Tolling Retrievers, Chesapeake Bay Retrievers and Retriever mixes.
Our mission is to educate for TNR of feral cats. Our Sanctuaries Without Walls Workshops address the responsibilities and issues crucial in navigating the complexities associated with a successful return to the neighborhoods. We provide indepth hands-on education with the tools and skills necessary for implementing a humane successful Feral Cat Community Program with long-term managed care.
k9 connection provides a motivating and caring learning environment for teens in high-risk situations through bonding with and training shelter dogs in preparation for the dogs' adoption into permanent, loving homes.
We are a community-based animal welfare, education and rescue org located in LA that serves the Hollywood, West Hollywood, Hollywood Hills, and Studio City/East Valley communities. We focus on underage kittens, animals requiring medical and community services ranging from search and rescue to low-cost spay/neuter and vaccine clinics.
The Vanderpump Dog Foundation, founded in 2016, is a 501c3 dog rescue organization, working on both domestic and international fronts to help create a better world for dogs.
our mission is to alleviate the burden on overcrowded shelters by rescuing and rehabilitating overlooked and at-risk dogs. We aim to create a future where every dog in need finds a loving home. Through our commitment to compassionate care and community engagement, we strive to set a benchmark for excellence in animal rescue and welfare.
DoVE Project is a registered 501 (c)3 organization committed to preventing inhumane treatment and human consumption of dogs around the world . We rescue dogs from the dog meat trade in S. Korea and facilitate their adoption to families in the US. The scope of our work integrates rescue efforts, advocacy and education in both S. Korea and the US.
Much Love Animal Rescue is a 100% non-profit, no-kill organization dedicated to reducing overpopulation, abuse and neglect of domestic animals. Much Love takes the animals who have been in the shelters the longest and will die unless rescued.
Spay4LA is a non-profit mobile clinic providing high quality no cost spay/neuter in South Los Angeles (Zip codes 90001, 90003, 90011,90018, 90037, 90044).
HEART is a non-profit organization providing free legal resources and advocacy to pet parents facing housing issues, including: eviction prevention and defense, fair housing and discrimination lawsuits, and advancing policy and legislation efforts to further fair housing rights.
CageFree K-9 Rescue Foundation is dedicated to finding great homes for great dogs. The majority of our rescues come from local Los Angeles animal shelters and are screened for temperamentsociability. We focus on pulling alerted dogs before they are euthanized by high-kill shelters. We ensure that each and every dog in our care receives the medical attention and emotional support they need until they are adopted!
The Two Hands Four Paws Foundation is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing a high quality of life, specifically improved mobility, to animals that might otherwise not have the means or access to receive it. We work with veterinarians, physical rehabilitation professionals, mobility-aid companies and others.
We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to creating a better future for pit bulls in Los Angeles- the City of Angels by promoting the positive image of pit bulls as loving family companions while working to stop their abuse, neglect and overpopulation through education, public advocacy, adoptions and the promotion of responsible pet ownership.
Kitty of Angels is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides funds and resources for homeless cats and kittens in Los Angeles. Our primary focus is on animals at risk of being euthanized in city shelters, including underage kittens and animals with health needs. Our immediate goal is to place at-risk animals into foster homes until they are able to be adopted into loving homes. While fostering is an immediate goal, we are also focused on adoptions, partnering with shelters and communities. While achieving our goals, we want to share every step of our journey.
Watts Project is dedicated to rescuing abused, neglected and injured animals from the streets and shelters in Watts and South Los Angeles. Our volunteers work hand and hand with under served communities to bring awareness of the importance of spay n neuter and responsible pet ownership. In some situations we provide medical, pet food, leashes, collars, flea medication and dog houses.
Marley's Pit Stop is an all foster rescue network for more than 75 dogs, cats and bunnies who through no fault of their own find themselves homeless and facing death. Our animals become part of the Crew by way of rescue out of high kill shelters, are abandoned to the streets as strays or are given up by private parties who can no longer care for their pets. Marley's Pit Stop Rescue combines hands-on rescue, outreach education and the potential reach of media to encourage and empower a generation to join together and get our companion animals on the track and winning the race home.
Wags and Walks was founded by Lesley Brog because she knew she could do more for the Shelter Animals. Wags and Walks goal is to educate people about the types of dogs in the Shelters and find those animals suitable, loving fosters and adopters. Lesley Brog visits Shelters on a daily basis, she gets to know the animals, take pictures and videos and urgently networks to find the dogs a loving home before their time is up.
Westside German Shepherd Rescue is a non-profit 501(c)3, no-kill rescue committed to saving all types of German Shepherd Dogs from high kill shelters and adopting them to loving, qualified forever homes. 100% funded by donations.
Raising awareness that fostering saves rescue pets and Growing The Foster Volunteer Community.