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:
Pets In Need is Northern California's first no-kill animal shelter. Our mission is to advance the no-kill movement, reduce pet homelessness and find every dog and cat a loving home. We accomplish our mission by rescuing dogs and cats from public shelters that are in danger of being killed and by providing free spay/neuter procedures for pets of all California residents.
To rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome abandoned, stray, and at-risk kittens.
We are a community-based non-profit 501c3 organization that rescues at-risk cats and kittens and finds them loving forever homes. We place our rescued cats in our no-kill facility, providing medical treatments through our veterinary clinic. We are committed to addressing the overpopulation of homeless cats by providing low-cost spay and neuter services for cats in our community.
The mission of the Hayward Animal Services Bureau is to provide services that establish and maintain a safe environment for the residents of the City of Hayward while working to eliminate animal cruelty, neglect, and overpopulation by advocating and educating for humane and responsible treatment for all companion animals.
After years of taking in, neutering, fostering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, Alexandra and Adriana were looking for a way to make a bigger difference. They realized the most vital impact could be made by starting an organization that would form a bridge between local non-profits and the county animal shelters. Help us achieve a No Kill Bay Area: 4 legs at a time!
We are working to humanely reduce the homeless cat population through spay/neuter, adoption, public education and responsible colony management. We provide advice, assistance and mentoring to individuals, public agencies and businesses. We offer training in humane trapping (TNR), socialization, foster care, colony management and adoption procedures.
We work to alleviate the suffering of stray, abandoned, unwanted and feral cats in Santa Clara County and serve as advocates for all cats.We accomplish our mission by:Sponsoring innovative programs to help cats in traditional shelters in our county, as well as community cats who live outdoors.Educating the public through community outreach.Providing our community with the tools to become part of the solution.Providing cat food and support to low income cat guardians, fosters, or owners.Finding permanent, safe, and loving homes for the homeless cats and kittens in our care
Dedicated to saving animals who are unwanted, special needs, abandoned ,abused or at high kill shelters and finding adoptive homes. After rehabilitation, training and medical care. All these amazing efforts are done by volunteers and foster homes.
Dutch Country Animal Rescue is a 501(c)3 organization headquartered outside of Philadelphia, PA. Our vision is for all animals to be given the opportunity to live in a peaceful environment with a warm place to rest their head, proper medical care, a full belly, and to truly know the meaning of love. We have rescued more than 50 dogs this year that were within 24 hrs of being euthanized.
Our mission here at Maddie's Fund is to revolutionize the status and well-being of companion animals. Maddie's Fund believes that companion animals have intrinsic value and deserve to be respected and cherished as family members; they are an integral part of our community and our world, and by their very nature, enhance our lives, our families and our society.
To protect life and property and to enforce civil and criminal laws while respecting the rights of all; recognizing the diversity of the community served and delivering consistent and humane treatment to those under our care.
We specialize in finding homes for dogs where "imperfection" is tolerated in exchange for a lifetime of love and devotion.
Our foster dogs have been discarded by the people they once trusted, only to find themselves in a shelter with no other options.
We want them to have a second chance to receive the love and care they deserve.