Texas Stories

Best Friends provides hands-on training to help veterinary teams catch up on lagging number of surgeries nationwide.

AJ arrived at a Texas shelter with an injured leg, but time was on his side. Today, the chatty cat with three legs will tell you all about it.

Good news for dogs and cats across the country.

Here are just a few of the more than 370 cats and dogs Best Friends has moved out of Florida since Hurricane Ian hit.

Teams work nonstop to assist dogs and cats in Florida shelters

These five stories from shelters and rescue organizations across the country are surefire pick-me-ups.

Peanut Butter the cat shows a kind couple how much fun it can be to have a feline in your life.

Volunteer requests assistance following the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

From a rugby team helping a dog in need to a horse whose paintings are helping former racehorses, these stories prove the power of kindness.

A busy Houston family of five makes time to foster homeless pets and memorializes each one in a paw print memory book.

Time was already running out for Hank when he arrived at the shelter, but the team that helped save his life was closer than anyone could have imagined.

More Houston pets are being spayed or neutered each week, thanks to help from an amazing volunteer team.

A special foster event helped a dog named Fergus get heartworm treatment and a home.

After Brutus ended up on the euthanasia list, he came to Best Friends, beat heartworm disease in a foster home, and then found love.

This Father’s Day, tip your hat to the men in your community who are helping pets in their own way.