Cat Stories

Archie the cat lying on a bed

Once grumpy cat finally gets his day in the sun

Archie was seeing red when he arrived at Best Friends, but with a lot of help and ...
Read how they adapted
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Person who is adopting Banana the dog, while outside on a walk together

Letters from home: pet adoption updates

Time to celebrate! Meet pets recently adopted from Best Friends.
Join in their joy
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Sara Vincent holding a litter of four kittens in her arms

101 kittens: a foster story

When Sara Vincent retired, she decided she wanted to play with kittens every day, ...
Read about fostering from an expert
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Family adopting two cats

5 animal shelters with soaring cat save rates

Best Friends’ embed program is helping these shelters save more cats than ever bef...
Read about their successes
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Scar the little gray kitten wearing a sweater

Kitten whose life hung in the balance now the life of the party

A days-old kitten arrived at Best Friends with injuries, but in a foster home he r...
Read Scar's story
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Paula holding Squeegee the cat while sitting on a couch

Kitten who once needed extra TLC becomes resident kitten ambassador

Squeegee was only days old and struggling to survive when he arrived at Best Frien...
Read about his foster-win
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Caregiver Ashley McDaniel holding a cat in front of a flowering tree

Meet the caregiver: Ashley McDaniel

Ashley McDaniel’s passion for saving lives led her to Best Friends and Cat World.
Meet Ashley
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Person wearing a mask and rubber gloves holding Persephone the kitten

Tiny kitten goddess with ‘kittentude’ comes back from the brink

Once ailing kitten, aptly named after the Greek goddess of spring, overcomes illne...
Read about Persephone's journey
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Gloved hand holding a tabby kitten whose mouth is messy from eating from Best Friends in Los Angeles

Kitten showers help shelters prepare for kitten season

Best Friends teams up with shelters from coast to coast to collect supplies and re...
See how communities stepped up
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Jako the cat with his paw up

9 fun feline affirmations

Respect Your Cat Day is March 28, so we’re celebrating it with affirmations from s...
Learn “pawsitive” affirmations from the best
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Couple adopting a kitten from Little Lion Foundation in front of a backdrop that says I adopted a Little Lion

Embed program helps California kitten rescue expand fundraising

Little Lion Foundation gets help in building financial sustainability to save more...
Meet Owen, the kitten who changed everything
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Norbert the kitten with three legs, lying on the floor wearing an orange outfit

Life on three limbs can’t slow down this kitten

Norbert came to Best Friends missing part of his back leg, but time in a foster ho...
Watch this foster-win
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Dallas, a low-rider pit-bull-terrier-like dog

How a challenged Newark animal shelter reached no-kill

After years of challenges, Associated Humane Societies achieved a 91% save rate in...
Read about their lifesaving changes
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Person bottle feeding a kitten

‘First responder program’ saves newborn kittens

Foster volunteers can sign up care for kittens during the first 24 hours they’re a...
See behind the scenes of early kitten care
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Child snuggling with a gray dog in a parking lot at the Super Adoption

Bilingual outreach results in 200 pet adoptions in south Texas 

Two events in the Rio Grande Valley helped dogs and cats go from homeless to home.
See how everything is bigger in Texas
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