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Remembering your special pet

Celebrating your pet’s life — and your enduring connection — can provide comfort and light in grief’s darkest moments.


Our pets are with us through thick and thin. They are woven into the very fabric of our everyday lives. That’s why we offer a number of ways to honor the memory of a cherished pet, and each can provide comfort while bringing love and care to animals around the country.

Memorial stones

Celebrate the life of your pet with a memorial or gift

Create a memorial webpage to remember your pet

Pay tribute to your special pet on a digital memorial page, where you can tell their story and upload your favorite photos to easily share with family and friends — and they can share their remembrances too.

Make a donation in memory of your pet

Your gift in memory of an animal will go straight to work helping homeless pets via Best Friends programs across the country. You can also set up a monthly memorial gift to help the animals year-round.

 

As part of your gift, you can pay tribute to your pet or your loved one’s pet in one of our monthly Angels Rest blessings. Angels Rest is at the heart of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, and it is the peaceful place of comfort and reflection where we remember special pets who have passed.

Other meaningful ways to remember your pet

There are many ways to memorialize your pet at our animal sanctuary or at home. You can create a fundraiser or order a memorial marker or other item of tribute.


We want you to know you are not alone. This is a community of caring pet lovers who understand the singular pain of saying goodbye to your best friend. And we are committed to honoring those lives by working to ensure that every dog and cat in this country has a loving family to call their own.

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About Best Friends

Here at Best Friends, home to the country’s largest no-kill companion animal sanctuary, we understand the special place that pets have in our lives.

Best Friends Animal Society is working to save the lives of pets in shelters around the U.S. We’re working to bring love home for dogs and cats all across the country, giving homeless pets the second chances they deserve — and your help will make a tremendous difference.

Just a few short years ago, cats and dogs were killed in staggering numbers in this country simply because shelters didn't have the community support or the resources to save their lives. That number is now less than half a million per year, but there’s still work to do to ensure a bright future for every dog and cat in America.

Angels Rest is a serene place of remembrance at the heart of Best Friends where hundreds of wind chimes ring in memory of beloved pets, carried on the soft breezes of Angel Canyon. It’s where memorial stones — with their touching tributes and keepsakes — pay tribute to the love we hold for our dogs, cats, and other companions.

Together, we will bring the whole country to no-kill in 2025. Together, we will Save Them All.