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:
No dog should be without a home and no home without a dog. In a word, Waggin' Trails Rescue Foundation is a lifesaver. We rescue and locally re-home or transport companion animals scheduled for death due to lack of space in California shelters, as well as other neglected or abused animals. Waggin' Trails Rescue has volunteers throughout the state of California, and friends and partners in many states and Canada.
At Surf City Rescue, our mission is to rescue and rehome cats and kittens, giving each one an opportunity to thrive. We are committed to providing compassionate care, medical support, and loving placements, ensuring every kitty finds a safe harbor. Our passion is to rescue, heal, rehome, and repeat. Surfing toward second chances one paw at a time.
Orange County Animal Allies is dedicated to saving animal lives and strengthening the human-animal bond by ensuring access to preventative spay & neuter services, emergency financial support, educational and referral resources, and therapy programs.
The Little Ones Animal Center's Passionate belief is that it is our responsibility as Guardians to take care of our innocent animal friends and our beloved pets. Through education, respect, trust and unconditional love we can accomplish this mission so that humans, animals and our pets can live harmoniously.All Life Is Precious!
We are a small 501c3 rescue committed to saving dogs from high kill shelters in the Los Angeles area!
Stella's Hope is a 501c3 non-profit all-breed dog rescue located in Orange County, California. We rescue dogs in need from shelters throughout Southern California and beyond, and also assist with abandoned, neglected, or abused dogs. Since 2010, we have rescued and placed 500+ dogs into loving homes.
Helping Out Pets Everyday is an all-volunteer, 501c3 non profit organization.We're a group of over sixty dedicated volunteers that rescue dogs and cats impounded at high at-risk shelters, stray/homeless dogs and cats in the community that need our help. Since 2004, we have provided a free spaying/neutering program for community residents partnering with Western University's College of Veterinary Medicine with the VACS program.
Our mission is reduce the shelter overpopulation by providing subsidized spay and neuter services to seniors and low income families, vaccinations and microchips, a pet pantry with much needed food and supplies, and other resources to help at-risk families in crisis situations keep their pets out of the shelter system.Our foundation targets under-served communities in San Bernardino and surrounding cities, where the needs are so tremendous.
TippedEars is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose purpose is to combat cat overpopulation through humane TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return). By reducing the overall cat population, fewer cats will need to be euthanized in shelters for space, and there will not be as many kittens dying on the streets. While in our care, community cats will be sterilized, vaccinated, microchipped, and flea treated.
Friends of Upland Animal Shelter operates the Upland Animal Shelter in partnership with the City's Animal Control Division and is dedicated to helping every adoptable animal find a loving home.
To protect the public against health threats; provide refuge, medical care and a second chance to homeless, unwanted and abused pets; and protect animals' rights of humane treatment.
Our mission at Girls of Dog Rescue is to reduce euthanasia by promoting responsible pet ownership. We will do this by fostering animals in loving homes, providing education and resources, and offering adoption programs to place our dogs in wonderful permanent homes. We believe in saving all breeds from getting killed big or small.
Dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of animals. Animals in need of sanctuary due to medical or other situational reasons will be provided sanctuary. Support other rescues, independent rescuers and the public through networking to find homes for dogs and cats.
Project Unleashed is a unique opportunity for students to learn responsibility, leadership and compassion through their own personal self-discovery by working with rescued dogs. Within the span of a 28-day program, the students learn everything from dog basic handling techniques to developing effective communication. The dogs are by their trainers' side, ready for instruction and looking for feedback. New website coming soon.
At Australian Shepherds Furever, we work daily to save Aussies in need. It can be tough work, but it is incredibly rewarding to see this beautiful and intelligent breed flourish when given a second chance.
Provide pet owners with a non-kill alternative of transitional housing and adoption of pets when owners must relinquish pets; prepare pets for adoption with health care, spaying or neutering, socialization, and training; offer low-cost vaccinations for community pets to reduce animal suffering, disease, death; promote pet spaying or neutering to reduce pet overpopulation; offer community animal care education.
Ghetto Rescue Foundation is a small rescue is run entirely by volunteers, foster families and lots of love. Their mission is to find forever homes for our animal companions.
Animal ProtectionRescue League's Orange County chapter is devoted to ending animal cruelty and suffering through education, outreach, direct action and personal change. We encourage people and organizations to rethink the use of animals for food, clothing and entertainment.
Our mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome abandoned Labrador Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, and other Retriever breeds. Our rescue team saves these dogs from shelters as well as assisting people that need to rehome their dogs. We were established out of a growing need to rescue abandoned and unwanted Labradors and Goldens in the Southern California area. We understand that we cannot rescue dogs and save lives without the support of our community and staff.
The purpose of our organization is to help displaced LGD Breeds and help them find permanent homes. To help all abandoned and displaced animals that need help, test there temperament and find them forever homes. We will provide all people education and resources to prevent abandoning there pets and to preventing Animal cruelty.
SCPR is a 501c3 not-for-profit organization which maintains a safe, no-kill solution for Pomeranians which have been abandoned, lost, abused or for other reasons must be re-homed. SCPR's main objective is to spay or neuter and place rescued dogs in qualified pet homes.