Features

Belle the mule comes to the Sanctuary after her family of 24 years can no longer care for her. She is a beautiful and well-behaved girl.

Bully cat from a hoarding situation harassed other cats and was mean to them, but toy therapy helped calm this feline's attitude and make her happier.

This great pit bull makes an excellent employee, has a fantastic resume, and is qualified for a number of job positions. Find out about this cutie.

Riley the horse has her leg amputated at mid-cannon bone (just below her knee) and is then fitted with a prosthesis.

Bikers for Best Friends help dogs, cats find forever homes and raised money for the animals too!

Dog breed bans are not effective. Read about why.

History of Michael Vick dog fighting case and how advocacy saved the fighting dogs from euthanasia, instead placing them with animal rescue groups.

There are various ways we enrich the animals' lives at the Sanctuary. Read about enrichment ideas for cats, horses, rabbits, birds and other species.

True love story of two rabbits at the Sanctuary who fall for one another while receiving dental treatment for a variety of teeth issues.

Couple find heeler mix dog in bad shape on rural Oklahoma road, injured and paralyzed. With help of Best Friends, dog goes on to live a great life.

Best Friends gives townspeople of Kanab a sneak peak at the season premier of National Geographic Channel's 'Dogtown.'

Best Friends devises solution to save one dog from being killed due to Denver pit bull ban, but why won't the city drop its pit bull ban?

St. Francis Animal Sanctuary founder Heidi Krupp has died. She founded the sanctuary, where Best Friends set up Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts.

Great Kitty Rescue in Pahrump, Nevada, site of one of largest cases of institutional hoarding, is carried out with aid of hundreds of volunteers.

Best Friends Animal Society's search and rescue team searches and finds pit bull after Hurricane Gustav and she will be reunited with her family.