Adoption Events Stories

Best Friends-sponsored National Adoption Weekend results in thousands of adoptions.

Bounty picked up adoption fees for the pets of Best Friends and our partners during National Pet Month, helping more than 5,000 find homes.

Two events in the Rio Grande Valley helped dogs and cats go from homeless to home.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.