Best Friends Animal Society

Adopt Utah Pets

You can save the lives of cats and dogs in Utah communities when you adopt from your local shelter.

Many shelters and rescue groups in Utah are over capacity. By adopting, you give one lucky dog or cat a home and create space for another pet in your community to be rescued.

That's why we're asking pet lovers to locate their nearest shelter and step up to support them by adopting, volunteering, fostering, and promoting the shelter to the rest of their community. 

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Adopt a pet near you and save a life

These shelters and rescue groups in Utah are full of loving cats and dogs looking for loving homes with people like you.


Don't see your local shelter listed above?

With more than 60 shelters in the state of Utah, you can find a shelter closest to your home.

Working together to save lives

The No-Kill Utah Coalition (NKUT) is an initiative led by Best Friends that brings together passionate  individuals, city shelters and a group of animal welfare organizations to end the  killing of dogs and cats in shelters throughout the state of Utah. 

Several of our NKUT partners championed other shelters as part of the Adopt Local Challenge, which took place March 23 – April 30. Throughout the Adopt Local Challenge, the following partners promoted the shelters they championed on social and other channels:

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Heartwarming adoption stories

Adoption gives homeless pets the second chances they deserve.
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Cat goes from skinny and itchy to healthy at home

Porcini looked and felt terrible, but with veterinary care and diligent TLC from a foster volunteer, he’s now living his best life.
Watch his journey
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Reba Schnyder and Elliot Tolkin holding Cricket the puppy, outside on a lawn

Lessons in patience from a puppy

After hip replacement surgery and TLC from foster caregivers, a puppy stands on her own four feet again.
Cricket makes herself at home
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Volunteers Russ and Elizabeth Duszak in front of a display at the Best Friends Pet Resource Center in Northwest Arkansas

Nearly 2 decades of volunteering with Best Friends

Russ Duszak, a commercial pilot, and his wife, Elizabeth, have volunteered in animal care, done transports, worked events, and fostered kittens for 17 years.
Helping Best Friends animals around the country
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Ken wearing a cowboy hat and holding Minnie the dog in his lap, sitting on a boulder in front of a river

Life of adventure for a dog who couldn’t be left behind

Minnie left the Sanctuary for a life full of adventure with her new family.
Read about her travels
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Porcini hte black and white cat sitting on a wood floor

Cat goes from skinny and itchy to healthy at home

Porcini looked and felt terrible, but with veterinary care and diligent TLC from a foster volunteer, he’s now living his best life.
Watch his journey
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Honey and Hambone the dogs looking at each other nose-to-nose

Timid dog and her new family help each other heal

Honey was shy and shut down when she came to the Sanctuary, but in her new home with a new dog friend she’s learning it’s OK to relax and be herself.
Read about life her her new home
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When you adopt a pet, you save lives

By adopting a cat or dog from a shelter or rescue group you’ll not only save a life, but you’ll also you gain a friend — a loyal companion who can offer you comfort and love, no matter what uncertainty life holds.

Adopting from a shelter or rescue group
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Not ready to adopt?

You can foster a pet to help save lives.

By bringing a pet into your home for a short time, you’re not only helping that animal, you’re helping to make room in shelters for more cats and dogs in need.

Foster a Pet
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Found a lost pet?

Before taking a lost pet to your local shelter, try visiting a veterinarian’s office to see if the pet has a microchip, then try to reunite the pet with her family via social media.
Reunite lost pets with their people
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About Best Friends

Best Friends Animal Society is working to save the lives of cats and dogs all across the country, giving pets second chances and happy homes.

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. 

Best Friends operates the nation's largest no-kill sanctuary for companion animals and is committed to saving the lives of homeless pets by working with shelters and passionate people like you. Together, we will bring the whole country to no-kill by 2025. Together, we will Save Them All.