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:
LA Animal Services (LAAS) is your 1-stop pet adoption and animal assistance agency, serving the City of Los Angeles. LAAS cares for more than 50,000 lost and homeless pets each year in its six state of the art Animal Care Shelters throughout the City.
The Native America Humane Society (NAHS) is the only national nonprofit organization founded and led by tribal members to focus exclusively on serving tribal nations and their animals. Our mission is to empower Native communities to become healthier, happier and safer by providing information, support and resources for animal care programs in Indian country.
The Peter Zippi Fund ("PZF") provides care and placement for homeless cats and kittens, with a special focus on those abandoned, injured or abused. PZF provides financial, volunteer, and equipment support toward spay and neuter, to low income community members for companion animals of all species, and to any person performing responsible trap-neuter-return for feral or stray cats.
The Latino Alliance for Animal Care Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide humane education to low income and underrepresented communities. Our goal is to incorporate concepts of kindness and respect for animals into the lives of individuals and the communities they live in, through a philosophy that respecting and protecting even the smallest and weakest among us, will help us become more compassionate toward animals and toward one another
A Cat's Tale is a small but yet very produtive rescue group. We rescue, spay/neuter, TNR, adoptions and educate the importance of spaying and neutering as well as educating on how a pet is non-disposable, its a family member that you must take care of and love.
We rescue, rehabilitiate and rehome abandon dogs. We specialize in rescuing Miniature Schnauzers but rescue other breeds as well. We provide these dogs a second chance to have a happy life and to help reduce pet overpopulation through rescue and education.
Go Fetch LA increases awareness of rescue dogs being wonderful pets by helping dogs (and their families) in need. We offer help with food, training, exercise and boarding options to help keep dogs in their homes and a very small foster based rescue program to help reduce the euthanization rate.
Our mission at A Pawsitive Approach is to promote responsible pet ownership through education, advocacy, resources and rescue. We will provide humane education, and share resources to help enable the community to make informed choices, regarding pet population control, health, and safety. We will be a voice for the animals, advocating for their humane treatment and well-being. Lastly, we will help those homeless animals we can, by providing them with safe foster homes, good veterinary care and finding them placement into wonderful permanent homes.
The mission of FAR Side Journey is to create a Foster, AdoptionRescue (FAR) network so that no owner-relinquished or stray animal has to be held in a government shelter awaiting adoption or potential euthanasia due to overcrowded conditions.Our vision is to see the day that municipal animal shelters no longer have to euthanize adoptable companion animals.
Precious Pals Pet Rescue is a 501(c)3 non-profit all volunteer based rescue in Los Angeles, CA. Our rescue focuses on rescuing small breeds with minor to major medical needs from high kill shelters in Southern California. We have special program for senior chihuahuas to live our the remainder of their lives in our wonderful fospice homes.
SCSIR is an all animal rescue that specializes in Shiba inu and Spitz breeds. We started a feral cat and kitten rescue in 2007 when Elf mom passed away. We took him in and started working with our neighbors on rescuing the feral cats In our neighborhood. We found several orphan kittens and pulled together and with the help of fosters we have had a 95% placement rate. We do not take in owner surrenders, we are just a catch and relea...
Our mission is to focus on rescuing the most vulnerable cats and dogs out there, those in need of medical, senior, or hospice care, from both shelters and the community.
Ace of Hearts Dog Rescue is a 501(c)3 foundation dedicated to rescuing dogs the day they are scheduled to be euthanized from various Los Angeles shelters and placing them in qualified, loving homes. We rescue all breeds, and specialize in bully breeds, but don't discriminate against any! We rehabilitate and place dogs in the right homes.
Rover Rescue is a non-profit organization founded in 2001 to save as many homeless dogs as we can and place them in permanent and loving homes. We also run a very successful Spay/Neuter voucher program for low income residents of LA County.
Our Mission
Preserve the legacy of wolves and wolfdogs through education, responsible stewardship, and rescue.
Here at Guardians of the Wolves, we envision a world in which wolves and wolfdogs are afforded the right to survival and protection; and a community that treats these animals humanely, with respect and kindness.
In order to achieve that vision, we are focusing on three key areas:
Education, Advocacy and Rescue
Education
You cannot preserve a legacy without first changing the misconceptions that many have about wolves. They have long been portrayed as villains in the wild and with our Ambassador program we hope to change their image, give people a chance to get to know the real wolf, and highlight the ecological importance these animals have in their natural habitat.
Advocacy
Wolves cannot speak for themselves and it is our job to stand up and speak for them. We are all stewards to the environment, responsible for the use and protection of the land and the animals who dwell on it. Wolves play an important role in the ecological balance of the environment and we speak on their behalf to ensure they have the place nature intended for them.
Rescue
Unfortunately, there are times when captive-bred wolves and wolfdogs find themselves in a situation where they need help. Often times people are unaware of the challenges of keeping these animals and they end up being passed from home to home, end up in a shelter, or abandoned. We make a difference by networking with rescues and sanctuaries all over the world to place these animals somewhere safe.
What's Up Dog! LA is a 100% volunteer run nonprofit dog rescue whose mission is to place destitute animals from high kill shelters with loving Forever Families. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, which means that the IRS has recognized us as a tax-exempt public charity and charitable donations are 100% tax deductible for donors. We also promote spaying and neutering pets to minimize pet overpopulation issues.
For over thirty years, Pet Orphans has been dedicated to the advancement of companion animal welfare. Pet Orphans mainly services the low-income community of the San Fernando Valley and the surrounding Southern California area. We are committed to decreasing the number of animals euthanized annually in city and county shelters by focusing our efforts on rescue, adoption, medical, education, and training.
Delaney's Dog, a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, is a volunteer run, all breed dog rescue serving the Los Angelessurrounding SoCal communities. We are dedicated to the rescuing and re-homing of dogs in danger whether it be from the city and county shelters or from out on the streets. We rescue, rehabilitate, care give and thoroughly screen adoption applicants for the proper placement of rescued dogs into their right forever home.
In Zoey's memory, I have created Zoey's Place, a simple organization dedicated to the rescue and care of cats in need.We rescue small but we rescue well...
The Cassie Lee Cat Rescue is a 501 (C)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to saving cats from high kill shelters, strays, abandoned, abused or injured animals and placing them into loving homes.