Emergency Response Stories

Person with a brown dog outside Pinellas County Animal Services following Hurricane Milton

Love of pets unites helpers in hurricane aftermath

Best Friends team members headed to Florida to provide relief to animal shelter st...
Offering selfless service to people and pets
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Ricardo Blanco the cat at the mobile veterinary clinic

Mobile vet care comes to pets impacted by hurricane

With many local vet clinics closed, Best Friends teams up with animal welfare grou...
Blanco gets the help he needs
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Pets get lifesaving lifts out of Hurricane Milton’s path

When Pinellas County Animal Services in Florida needed help moving animals prior t...
Some instant connections were made
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Emilie and Haley holding a litter of kittens

Helping hands for pets in 2 Florida shelters

Respite for animal shelter staff who have been working nonstop to care for pets im...
Read about this much-needed assistance
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Saving dogs and cats caught in Hurricane Helene’s wake

Best Friends is in the Southeast to help animal shelters cope with unprecedented c...
Helping animal shelters with needs and transports
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Person hugging a small white and tan dog in a blue blanket in the hallway between dog kennels

Best Friends volunteers help in animal shelters

Trained volunteers are dispatched across the country and roll up their sleeves to ...
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Animals from closed zoo find safety at Best Friends

After a zoo in Puerto Rico closed, hundreds of animals needed new places to live —...
Their futures are bright
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Sophia Proler selfie with Gus the black and white dog following the tornado in Pasadena

Teamwork saves pets after Texas tornado

A tornado blew the roof off Pasadena Animal Shelter, but quick action and collabor...
Cooperation helps save lives
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Meet pets rescued from Hurricane Ian

Here are just a few of the more than 370 cats and dogs Best Friends has moved out ...
Read their stories
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Smiling person wearing Best Friends branded clothes next to a dog in a crate in a transport van

Safe harbor for pets in the path of Hurricane Ian

Bringing complete strangers together to form one incredible, lifesaving team.
Read how transport helped
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Helping pets impacted by Hurricane Ian

Teams work nonstop to assist dogs and cats in Florida shelters
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How a dog and cat rescued after Hurricane Katrina changed their families’ lives

Baxter the cat and Larry, a big black dog, recently passed away, but not before fi...
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Best Friends responds to Hurricane Ida

Hundreds of pets find safety after the storm, and more help is on the way
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How shelter embed programs are saving pets’ lives

Saving the lives of pets means working together to share knowledge and solutions, ...
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Insight on pets of the Navajo Nation

Q and A with Keith Slim-Tolagai, Best Friends Navajo Nation program specialist
Meet Keith Slim-Tolagai
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