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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Sun Valley, CA

FixNation is a non-profit organization operating the only free, full-time spay/neuter clinic in Los Angeles for homeless, stray and feral cats. We provide training and resources for Trap-Neuter-Return programs, and provide reduced rate spay/neuter services for tame companion cats. We seek to change public policy so that TNR becomes the sanctioned and government-funded approach to homeless cat management.

Sherman Oaks, CA

FurryTails Rescue is a 501c3 non-profit animal rescue group founded by Jennicka Andersson and Carole Ly Sing Lao in June 2012 with the mission to save animals from being killed in Los Angeles shelters. We are committed to educate about the importance of Spaying/Neutering animals as well as Adopting animals from shelters vs. breeders or stores.

Sherman Oaks, CA

We assist evidence animals living in city and county animal shelters by placing them with their forever families. We accomplish this by providing adoption and foster services, shelter support services and creating community awareness of these animals. Our primary goal is to get all evidence dogs and cats out of the shelter environment and placed in a loving, responsible permanent or foster home.

Long Beach, CA

The Cat's Meow is a 100% volunteer-run, registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit animal rescue organization devoted to helping cats in the greater Los Angeles area. We rescue cats from high-kill city shelters and off the streets and provide them with medical care and love until we find their forever homes. We also interface with local communities about the importance of spay and neuter to help reduce overpopulation and the high kill rates in local shelters.

Long Beach, CA

Leading the nation in protecting people and animals through compassionate care, community education, proactive intervention, and effective enforcement.

Long Beach, CA

The Foundation supports the Los Angeles County Department of Animal CareControl through fundraising for spay-and-neuter programs, pet adoptions, public education and animal welfare.

Sherman Oaks, CA

Since 1992, CARE has rescued at-risk dogs and cats without regard to their health status, behavior or adopt- ability, providing them needed medical care and spay/neuter services. We carefully seek new, loving homes for all pets in our custody and provide quality lifetime care for those who are not adopted.

Santa Monica, CA

Philozoia signifies love of animals in Greek. We are a non profit, 501C3 organization that works to rescue, care for and home animals in need.

Santa Monica, CA

Founded in 2003, Karma Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to endeconomic euthanasiaof pets and prevent shelter overcrowding by providing life-saving aid to low-income families and free spay/neuter services to under-served communities throughout Los Angeles. Economic euthanasia is the heartbreaking trend of animals being surrendered to overcrowded shelters and/or put down because their owners cannot afford an unexpected expense -- over half a million companion animals are euthanized each year. Karma's approach is strategic -- rather than work in areas already oversaturated with similar programs, Karma researches and works in targeted zip codes that don't receive the same attention and necessary resources as other areas in Los Angeles.

Santa Monica, CA

Bubbles Dog Rescue works to truly help make Los Angeles and its surrounding area, No Kill. We advocate the humane treatment of animals and aim to provide our rescue pets with the most compassionate forever homes.

Van Nuys, CA

HONESTY, INTEGRITY and TRUST are the three main pillars of our mission at The HIT Living Foundation. We strive to live by this ethos within our foundation and personal lives. The HIT Living Foundation has come to fruition through the willingness to act on our compassion for others and by doing so with open hearts and objective minds.

Hacienda Heights, CA

Kennel Eviction Rescue is an organization dedicated to providing better shelter options for displaced, neglected, and abandoned animals in Southern California. We take in strays as well as pull from high kill shelters. Our goal is to help animals be set up for success in going into adoptive homes to lower the chances of returns.

Monrovia, CA

Walk Me Home Rescue Group is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We rely on the generosity of our friends and the community to realize our mission of safeguarding, rescuing, medically treating, spay/neutering and finding forever homes for the dogs that enter our rescue. Our dogs come from local street abandonment, local owner surrenders and local shelter facilities; including dogs scheduled for euthanasia.Our rescue is 100 percent foster based: meaning, our dogs are placed in the home of a loving volunteer foster family where they are incorporated into the daily lives of that family.

Monrovia, CA

Our Mission is to improve the lives of companion animals (dogs and cats) by:
-Rescuing them from neglectful and/or hazardous situations;
-Placing them with carefully screened families selected for their love of animals and the security of their homes;
-Promoting and encouraging spay and neutering;
-Assisting needy pet owners with veterinarian bills when funds permit.

Manhattan Beach, CA

Caring Songs Rescue is a non-profit animal rescue that seeks to provide a good life for cats, dogs, and all creatures. Any breed, whether purebred or mixed breed, is accepted. We seek to help those animals whose chances of being adopted are slim. By caring for them and nurturing them, we help bring the beauty that is inside visible to the external eye.

Lakewood, CA

We take in and rescue cats and kittens from local animal shelters, our feral colonies and owner surrenders. We also rescue and help re-home several dogs and rabbits each year. We have TNR projects where we feed, give fresh water to and monitor at least 100 feral cats each day. We are an all volunteer 501(c)3 non profit, no-kill cat rescue.

Carson, CA

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.

Carson, CA

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.

Long Beach, CA

Founded in 2016, The Little Lion Foundation is an all volunteer based team dedicated to saving the lives of cats and kittens in need - specifically orphaned or medical kittens - and helping them find the home they deserve. We specialize in neonatal, orphaned, and special needs kittens as well as trauma cases. We pride ourselves in saving the ones left discarded ... from blind to physical disabilities and deformities, we believe every kitty is worth fighting for and every cat deserves to roar.

Long Beach, CA

Live Love Animal Rescue is a 501(c)(3) registered nonprofit organization that rescues homeless animals by providing them the necessary medical care, allowing for physical and emotional rehabilitation, finding them their perfect forever homes, and showering them with love throughout their journey with us.

Encino, CA

Our mission at Outta the Cage is to help people see shelter dogs as individuals. We travel to shelters, where we video dogs in play yards and open areas. We then share these videos on social media and on our web site, enlisting people to spread the word. We also share information and best practices on how to network shelter dogs, offering field-proven tips for successful advocacy, foster, adoption, and networking.Outta the Cage is directly involved in our community, fostering hard to adopt dogs, and working with other rescues to find adopters. We prioritize at risk animals including seniors, sick, and special-needs dogs, and so-called dominant breeds. From time to time we also advise shelters, animal advocacy organizations, and private companies on the application of information technology to animal rescue.