Adoption Events Stories

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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Pets and people in Arkansas get support outside of the shelter

Community-supported animal sheltering in action at Best Friends in Northwest Arkansas.

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Online adoption extravaganza helps more than 1,700 pets find homes

1,719 pets from more than 250 Best Friends Network partner organizations found homes during the Find Love Online adoption event

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Adoption PSA helps 1,500 Houston pets go home

How Houston-area shelters, Best Friends and a local news station got creative and worked together to help pets get adopted like never before.

32 puppies adopted in one day

Need 32 reasons to smile today? Check out the puppy adoption cuteness overload in these photos taken before social distancing was a thing.

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Even though the sign read "Everybody looks, but nobody stops," a 70-pound heartworm-positive Lab mix finally goes home

Even though it didn't seem like a great fit initially, yellow Lab mix, who is 70 pounds and heartworm-positive, is adopted into the perfect home.

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100 reasons to purr: Nearly 100 cats found homes at the recent Best Friends Su-Purrr Adoption event in L.A.

Nearly 100 cats and kittens were adopted at the Best Friends Su-Purrr Adoption event held at the NKLA Pet Adoption Center September 21-22, 2019.

Labor Day love for cats and kittens adopted in NYC

Best Friends hosts adoption event for cats and kittens from Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) over Labor Day weekend.

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Man proposes to girlfriend surrounded by hundreds of adoptable pets

Two animal-loving volunteers get engaged at the recent Best Friends Super Adoption in Houston and are now happily planning their wedding.

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Big love for homeless pets at the first Best Friends Super Adoption in Houston

Best Friends holds Super Adoption at NRG Arena in Houston, where 300 dogs and cats are adopted from Best Friends and 15 other shelters and rescues.

More than 1,000 pets adopted in a single weekend

Dogs and cats adopted at NKLA and NKUT Super Adoptions (sponsored by Petco Foundation, Wellness and Cuteness) and Tampa Bay Regional Mega Adoption.

A kitten meets potential adopters at the 2017 NKLA Super Adoption

Find Your New Best Friend at the NKLA Super Adoption on May 18 and 19 at Warner Center Park

Adoptions start at just $25 at event hosted by Best Friends Animal Society and powered in partnership by the Petco Foundation

Paying it forward for pets

Pay it forward for pets by paying the adoption fee of a dog or cat and helping that animal get one step closer to finding a forever home and family.

Volunteers to Save Them All

Best Friends Animal Society has about 18,000 volunteers who help in all aspects of our work around the United States to Save Them All.

Man holding a puppy he'd adopted, next to his child, in front of a Best Friends Super Adoption banner

Gift of adoption for New York City-area pets