Features

Animals at Best Friends, including dogs, pigs and miniature horses, benefit from hydrotherapy to recover after surgery, to lose weight, and more.

Carl the corgi, a sweet, lovable, well-mannered little dog, is proof that shelter animals can be absolutely perfect.

Collaborative effort between Best Friends and the ASPCA makes $120,000 available to Los Angeles animal rescue groups this holiday season.

Best Friends Conference in Jacksonville, Florida, focuses on how to make communities no-kill for shelter dogs and cats.

Generous pet food donation from Blue Buffalo enables rescue groups and shelters to save more lives.

During spring break, UCLA college student volunteers assemble a cat house for the felines at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

Volunteer Dan Lichtenstein wins the hearts of shy animals and especially enjoys connecting with horses, whom he describes as sensitive and dignified.

Shy dog Sinatra has an artistic and creative streak. The budding canine photographer has discovered the joys of taking selfies of himself.

Man whose wife had died found himself grieving and lonely. Adopting a boxer mix dog has provided him with just the right dose of love.

Strutters in four cities raise money for homeless animals second year in a row.

Caregivers go the extra mile to provide various kinds of enrichment -- games, food puzzles, exercise and more -- for the dogs, cats, horses, pigs and other animals at the Sanctuary.

Tiny Chihuahua is 4,000th pet adopted from Best Friends Pet Adoption and Spay/Neuter Center in Mission Hills, California.

Fostering animals with special needs is rewarding. Read about cat with congestive heart failure, a dog going through physical therapy, and other pets.

Jeff and Stacey Clark are volunteers who specialize in helping and advocating for timid dogs.

Lewis's woodpecker fledglings, left on the doorstep of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, come to Best Friends for help.