Dave and Amanda Giroux tell us why a volunteer vacation at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary was right in their wheelhouse.

Carra put her husband in the doghouse when she thought he nixed her dream of adopting a puppy. Little did she know he had orchestrated a wonderful surprise.

After attending the Best Friends National Conference, Stacey Yawn and her team from the Animal Rescue Foundation in Mobile, Alabama, were ready to save more lives.

How Angel City Pit Bulls’ kitten foster program saves kittens at Los Angeles city shelters

Need inspiration to treat yourself? Watch these animals, who are masters at it.

Best Friends’ community cat program, in partnership with Osceola County Animal Services (OCAS), is helping central Florida’s cats in a big way.

Volunteering at the Sanctuary is a dream come true and life-changing experience for three co-workers and friends.

When Peaches returned from her foster home, it was hard to believe she was the same cat.

Downward-facing dogs and cats on mats give animal lovers a new perspective on an age-old practice

Ichi’s new family took dog fostering to the next level by moving to an apartment that welcomes dogs of any size.​

Jacko, a former guard dog, didn’t want to be touched when he first came to Best Friends, but now he loves petting, brushing and belly rubs.

Mother’s Day isn’t just for moms with kids: It’s for moms with pets, too.

Adoptions abound as people go home with new pets and support future adoptions of many more.

Since coming to the Sanctuary and moving into a quiet foster home, Ufro’s pica symptoms no longer control his life.

Kitten season: Save lives by opening your home to some of the cutest, youngest shelter pets who need your help.

High schooler Abby Leuchten spends two weeks volunteering with animals at Best Friends.

April is heartworm awareness month, so it’s a good time for a quick refresher course on this easily preventable disease.

Puppies go from Palm Valley Animal Center in Texas to Wright-Way Rescue in Illinois.

As far as adopting your next cat or dog, it might just come down to being open.

Volunteers: How do we love thee? Let us count the ways.

After lifesaving surgery for severe injuries, Birdie the cat has an amazing recovery and finds a loving home.

The six ladies of the Kanab Senior Sew & Sews are making life even more cozy for rabbits at the Bunny House.

So many people came together to save Brodie and help him go from at risk in a Houston shelter to much loved by foster families 1,500 miles apart.

PURRFECTION, a first-ever perfume from Best Friends, is the next best thing for the cats in your life.

Dog agility training at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is much more than just fun.

Cosette and Cleveland only lived together for a short time, but it was enough to change Cleveland’s life.

Dogs from shelters in the south are getting second chances and new homes in Minnesota.

Midge was down on her luck in a Las Vegas shelter, but today she’s in the perfect home in Salt Lake City with three new best friends.

After years in the shelter system, Parker the dog got the chance to go into foster care, won the hearts of his foster family and found a forever home.

Ludo’s friends come together to celebrate the gentle giant who loves life.

Xenia, a kitten with feline leukemia, arrived at the kitten nursery with life-threatening injuries, but now she’s happy in a home of her own.

Volunteer Connie Murphy has put in more than 1,000 hours helping to save newborn kittens in Los Angeles.

Training initiatives help shelter cats stay happy — and find their happily-ever-afters.

A very special therapy dog helps one child at a time.

After receiving help from Best Friends in Utah, Posh Spice not only felt better, but she also caught the eye of an adopter in Canada.

Sadie and William Pear both lost the use of their hind legs, but physical therapy helped them get back on the fast track.

The adoption of Pancake, Ella and Snowflake is proof that, sometimes, good things come in threes.

Thelma and Louise ended up at a Los Angeles shelter with terrible flea dermatitis, but these senior dogs never stopped being best friends, even in their new homes.

Watch Joey go from scared to smiling — all thanks to his foster mom’s love and care.

Senior cat Sophie was in a lot of pain from a botched declaw surgery until Best Friends found her the care (and the home) she needed to feel better again.

Foster volunteers in Houston are truly giving dogs at the Harris County Animal Shelter a second chance at life

Feline distemper left this kitten with cerebellar hypoplasia, but wobbly legs and a bobbing head can’t keep Jelly down.

Lego couldn’t always hide his fear, but his new family saw through it and gave him the chance he deserved.

Dogtown team lead Tierney Sain shares what it’s like to work with hundreds of dogs who through the years have called Best Friends their home between homes.

Best Friends helps a cat named Fawkes rise from his days of spitting and hissing at everyone in the shelter, to a wonderful life with an adopter who needed a little happiness of her own.

Volunteers tell us what they love the most about their fabulous, furry and four-legged sleepover guests.

Fiona likes people better than other cats, so at the Sanctuary she gets her own perfect spot to stay.

How emergency surgery for cat with urinary blockage saved Simon’s life, and then he got a new home.

Rescuing a bobcat rescue is all in a day’s work for tireless volunteer.