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At Best Friends, we use our networks to introduce you to advocates like Lisa Barton who give back to pets and people in their community.

Pasco County Animal Services in Florida welcomes volunteers to help with everything from driving animal control officers to making TikTok videos.

There’s a trend on social media and these fluffy influencers don’t want to miss out.

The remarkable tale of a rescued Spanish water dog, by Alyson Sheldrake.

Meri and Janelle are the proud mommas to five fluffy kittens, and these feline family members are just as sweet as they look.

Lil came to Best Friends with a bad skin condition, but with help from the medical team and a wonderful foster family, she’s now living her best life in Los Angeles.

Get to know the painted ‘goofhound’ and giant ‘scrufflefluff’ this National Mutt Day.

Hundreds of dogs and cats each month find a fresh start in a new place, one drive at a time.

Larry’s special medical needs meant it took a while for him to get adopted, but he became the perfect first cat for Tara.

A couple carrying emotional baggage from traumatic childhoods adopt a puppy with issues of her own and learn that love must be unconditional.

Phoenix went from wanting nothing to do with people (when he first came to Best Friends) to finding a home where all he has to do is be himself.

They came to Best Friends as tiny orphans to grow up and go back to the great outdoors.

Here are some great ideas for having fun in the sun (and inside, too) and how you can help cats and dogs at your local shelter this season.

These pets recently adopted from Best Friends are living (and loving) large

Jennifer Ronzello is a hero for kittens. Read about how she got started fostering and why she keeps going.