Features

Cats and dogs pounce onto the holiday spirit at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

With funds from the Rachael Ray No-Kill Excellence Grant, Fix West Texas offers lifechanging assistance to the community’s pets and their people.

In Inyo County, California, ninth largest county in the nation, a small animal shelter is reorganizing for continued success.

Jako had so much energy that he was positively overflowing with it, so caregivers invented games and activities to focus all that go-go-go.

A grumpy kitty had some surprises in store for his caregivers at Best Friends, but now he’s fitting right in at his new home.

"Home at Night: A Mercy Carr Mystery" and "Please Write: A Novel in Letters" both feature dogs as main characters who are meaningful to the plot.

A five-day seminar for 13 greater Houston shelters showed that even dogs who haven’t yet shown their best side can be adopted.

Vera went from a busy shelter to a charmed life in her new home.

Wary of new people and other dogs, it took some extra time to find Raquel a home, but now she has a family who embraces everything about her.

Q&A with Mia Navedo-Williams on connecting Spanish-speaking communities with information about dogs and cats in shelters and how they can save pets’ lives

Found alone on the streets of Houston, a dog with heartworm disease helps a couple decide it’s time to adopt a new best friend.

Caesar was sick, in pain, and scared when he first came to Best Friends. A foster family changed his life, and he did the same for them.

When kittens at a local shelter suddenly became critically ill with panleukopenia, collaboration with Best Friends and a quick response saved the day.

Best Friends is helping city officials in Bullhead City transform the culture of its animal shelter to better serve the community and increase lifesaving.

It took a lot of TLC to get Forest to come out of his shell — and then veterinary care to save his life.