Photos capture the moment all shelter pets wait for — when they go home with a new family.

Celebrities come together to support animals at Best Friends Benefit to Save Them All in NYC.

With a little help and patience, Ruthie learned that she didn’t need to guard her toys anymore.

Photos from the Best Friends in Los Angeles kitten nursery through the lens of volunteer photographer Todd Roisman

Bella the dog is having the time of her life after a truck driver adopted her from Best Friends in Atlanta.

The Nat Geo Wild network show features the pets who got help at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary clinic in Kanab, Utah.

These special people prove that — cape or no cape — compassion for pets is a superpower.

After her senior dog passed away, Shauna Stewart adopted a dog named Hazelnut, who was having a hard time finding a home.

Batman the pig arrived at the Sanctuary with overgrown hooves and tusks, but now he’s happy, healthy and completely pampered.

Puppies are so amazing that there’s a day set aside to celebrate them.

See how Best Friends in Atlanta is getting ready for kitten season with a little help from the center’s own Meowie Kondo

Find out what keeps Deyra Galvan coming back to volunteer and organize events for Houston’s shelter pets.

With help from Best Friends staff and a foster volunteer, introverted senior cats Jen and Stark learn how to let go of fear and find a home.

Levi Myers talks about why he loves the challenges, unpredictability and rewards that come with being a cat caregiver at Best Friends.

Denny Erardi, who volunteers at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary every year, explains why every trip out from her San Francisco home is worth it.

How a mama cat and her newborn kitten got a second chance at the Best Friends Lifesaving Center in L.A.

The two states with the biggest challenges present opportunities for major advances on the path to no-kill.

Once homeless in Los Angeles, Kiwi now lives on a farm in Tennessee with a family that includes five children with special needs.

Adoption specialist shares how it feels to help dogs at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary find new homes.

Rad likes to play fetch and steal volunteers’ hearts, but she needed help to get her own heart healthy again.

How Captain Cowpants changed hearts and minds about pit-bull-terrier-like dogs

Best Friends adoption event helps dogs in NYC find homes just in time for Valentine’s Day

From a horse bromance to cuddling dogs in matching “adopt me” vests, these best animal friends know how to do Valentine’s Day right.

The only thing better than one sweet horse adoption is two.

2019 is the year of the pig in the Chinese zodiac, and Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is ringing it in with some fun facts about our piggy pals.

How two friends are helping cats at home and when they visit Best Friends

For five months, Bentley was all alone in a national park, but now, he’s back in his happy home.

These dog, cat, horse and bird photos are just too cute not to share.

Cea Randolph had so much in common with Gypsy, a dog at the Best Friends Lifesaving Center in Atlanta, that she knew she was the one for her.

My story: Volunteering at the Sanctuary gives a busy executive a welcome break from daily pressures.

Sandy Saffold started a running club that benefits the dogs at the Best Friends Lifesaving Center in Atlanta.

A senior dog named Suki was depressed, overweight and in pain until therapy and a foster home helped her feel better and (ultimately) find a home.

Beaux gives his foster parents 10 more good (and fun) reasons to foster a cat or dog from a local shelter.

Carly used to hide all the time, but once she grew to love riding on people’s shoulders, her whole life changed.

Dan has more challenges than most kittens, but he doesn’t know it; he’s too busy living the good life in his new home.

Quiqley, a cat with feline leukemia, traveled from Alaska to a cat café in Seattle, where he found a home.

Take a look at some of the most joyous moments from the recent Best Friends Super Adoption, held at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Removing an outdated breed policy and transporting Frankie out of Texas not only saved his life, but helped get him the best new home he could hope for.

Christie Lynn uses her talent as a photographer to help cats and dogs get adopted, and when she’s not behind the lens, she helps in so many other ways.

It used to be that only about half the cats entering a Houston shelter survived, but that’s changing fast.

Meet Ashley Tzioumis, a volunteer who opened her foster home to a dog who found life in a kennel more than she could handle.

Alma Davenport spent her career teaching at a university, but now cats at the Potter League in Rhode Island are her newest students.

Best Friends staffers share notes from the field about their work around the country to help cats.

Best Friends gets into the holiday spirit with Black Friday adoption promotions that help cats and dogs go home for the holidays.

Best Friends is saving 800 puppies in partnership with a Texas shelter. Follow along as 58 of them get a ride to safety, love and new homes.

Santiago was so underweight you could see all his bones — that is, until he went to Best Friends in L.A. where he got the medical attention (and love) he needed to find a home.

Ella was born missing two of her feet, and she ended up in a shelter when she was just days old, but today she’s in the best home possible.

Meet people who are drawn to the pets no one else seems to want.

A look at just a few of the many legislative highlights for dogs and cats this year