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:
At Hectic Paws Animal Rescue, we are dedicated to rescuing orphaned bottle babies, including squirrels, possums, kittens, and puppies. Our mission is to provide them with the care they need until they can find their forever homes.
Bichon Rescue Brigade is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501c3 organization whose mission is to rescue and rehome special need and last chance bichon frise and similar mixed-breed dogs. We work with over-crowded California shelters and owners who can no longer provide for their animals. We provide veterinary care, training, food, and grooming while our volunteers provide loving foster homes until our pups are adopted.Pups in forever foster homes remain in our care. We educate on responsible dog ownership.
Our mission at 4Life Animal Rescueis to provide care and resources to animals in need. We offer adoption, education, training, and rehabilitation services to ensure that unwanted and neglected animals are safe and receive the life-long care they require and deserve. We also promote responsible pet ownership; and offer prevention and intervention services to families afflicted by harsh economic conditions to ensure their pet(s) remain a part of the family.
MeoowzResQ strives to reduce the suffering and numbers of homeless and unaltered felines throughout communities in the Southern California region. Our organization takes cats and kittens from local shelters, strays that are found by local citizens in our community and those given up by their owners.
Kitten Rescue is a volunteer-managed no-kill rescue in Los Angeles that saves and adopts out over 1,000 cats and kittens annually through its network of foster homes and its private shelter facility.
betterTogether Forever's mission is to help under-served, under-resourced, at-risk people and the pets they love stay together. People and the pets they love belong together no matter what challenges life has thrown their way. Our organization is dedicated to helping pet parents in Los Angeles communities that are low income, housing vulnerable, under-served and under-resourced access valuable services that help them stay together with the pets they love, and to keep those pets safe, healthy, happy, off the streets, and out of animal shelters.
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.
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.
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.
Leading the nation in protecting people and animals through compassionate care, community education, proactive intervention, and effective enforcement.
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...
RESCUE is the last voice for dogs and cats who, through no fault of their own, find themselves awaiting death at local shelters. Angels for Animals is a California 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing dogs from the San Bernardino City Animal Shelter. All of the dogs we rescue are in loving foster homes where they are rehabilitated, socialized and receive all of the medical treatment they need so they can be placed in their forever home.
Saving Shibas Inc, a California corporation with 501(c)3 status, is a small canine rescue specializing in the Shiba Inu breed. Our dogs are rescued from shelters, neglect, abandonment, and homes in distress.
The Animal Resource Center of the Inland Empire is dedicated to enhancing the well-being of animals and the people who love them by establishing a network of resources tailored for the communities that we serve. We are committed to ensuring comprehensive stewardship of animals through essential animal welfare services, community education, and cooperative partnerships.
OCPoundhounds Small Breed Rescue was formed exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. Specifically, the organization operates an all-volunteer, foster-home based animal rescue for dogs, primarily Pomeranians, Papillons, hairless breeds and mixes thereof. OCPoundhounds solicits adoptive families for dogs and puppies through their own and community websites, as well as MeetGreet Events at locally sponsored animal events and pet stores.
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.
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.
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.
Zazzy Cats Kitty Rescue is a Non-Profit Public Benefit Charity Organization based in Long Beach, California.Our rescue was founded for the primary purpose of rescuing high risk cats, kittens, expectant and nursing queens from city and county shelters in the Los Angeles area.
Serve, protect and shelter homeless companion animals. Place animals into humane environments. Promote responsible pet ownership and reduce animal overpopulation. Celebrate the human-animal bond
The mission of Southern California Bulldog Rescue is to rehabilitate and find loving families for homeless bulldogs. Our goal is to provide the care and time needed to prepare unwanted bulldogs for placement. We pledge to do our best to make sure they have a good life.