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Rescued poodle mix has a severely injured leg that requires amputation. Afterwards, as she is healing physically, she also gets help for her shyness.

Images of ‘April showers bring May flowers' featuring dogs, cats and other pets and animals.

Nurse cat who is a surrogate to 14 kittens, all of them healthy and growing, is surrendered to a New York shelter. This kitten mama has a huge heart.

Two children and their mom who has stage four breast cancer adopt a young dog to help the family cope. The dog is just what the doctor ordered.

Dale Musselman is not able to have a pet in his apartment in NYC, but he gets his animal ‘fix' by volunteering with Best Friends in New York.

Celebrate a happy April Fools Day with some cute and funny pictures of animals: dogs, cats, bunnies, horses and rabbits.

Feline with spine deterioration that causes incontinence comes to the Sanctuary, and caregivers help her with a diet and exercise regimen.

Two stray dogs are attacked by a porcupine. They come to Best Friends to have the porcupine quills (needles) removed and to prepare for adoption.

Story of a senior Chihuahua with medical issues (cataracts, skin infection, luxating patellas) from a hoarding case who is adopted and living happily.

After losing her home, blue-fronted Amazon parrot comes to Best Friends where she finds her perfect person and is adopted.

National Puppy Day is March 23, 2017, a day to celebrate all things puppy, including cute puppy pics.

Patrick Stewart fosters a pit bull dog for Wags and Walks, and the pictures and videos go viral.

Couple adopt little black cat. Even though the woman has allergies and doesn't consider herself a ‘cat person,' everything is working out well.

Rescued hoarded cats, 67 in all, some of whom have FIV and other illnesses and are shy, comes to the Sanctuary for help.

A stray tabby kitten, who is part of a TNR program in Arizona, has a badly injured rear leg that needs to be amputated but is now ready to be adopted.