No-Kill Stories

Volunteer Lisa Zarek holding a black and white puppy

From finance exec to service for animals

Lisa Zarek supports new volunteers, coaches foster caregivers, and connects with s...
Read what motivates her to volunteer
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Volunteer wearing a Best Friends T-shirt sitting down and hand-feeding a treat to a dog

An enormous thank-you to Best Friends volunteers

This week is for you.
Celebrating volunteers who help animals nationwide
Julie Castle Blog
The outside of the Best Friends Pet Resource Center in Northwest Arkansas at dusk

The next wave of animal sheltering is here

Celebrating the grand opening of the Best Friends Pet Resource Center in Northwest...
Read about history being made
Julie Castle Blog
Two people holding puppies standing in front of dog kennels

Pine Bluff Animal Control makes huge lifesaving strides

Best Friends embed program helps Arkansas shelter save more dogs and cats.
Read about their big changes
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Sadie the black and white pit bull type dog, smiling with tongue out

A new day for animals at an Alabama shelter

Prattville/Autauga Humane Society welcomes Best Friends embed staff to assist them...
Efforts increase their save rate
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Captain Cowpants the dog lying in front of a Capitol building

How you can advocate for shelter animals in 2023

A few suggestions for your New Year’s resolutions
10 ways to make a difference
Julie Castle Blog
Mac the brindle dog being reunited with is family at Fresno Humane Animal Services

Fresh start for pets in Fresno

City takes on the goal to save more animals
Read about their lifesaving grant
Best Friends Magazine
Large black and white pit bull type dog smiling and out on a leashed walk

10 advocacy wins for the animals

Good news for dogs and cats across the country.
See some 2022 highlights
Best Friends Magazine
Best Friends CEO Julie Castle sitting on the floor with a cat in her lap and other cats around her

Best Friends recognized in Fast Company’s 2022 Brands That Matter

But what is a brand and why does it matter?
More about this recognition
Julie Castle Blog
Three people from Horry County Animal Care Center and Best Friends in a dog kennel, with one person pointing

Reviving the spirit of a South Carolina animal shelter

A county shelter in Conway, South Carolina, was overcrowded, underfunded and suffe...
See their improvement
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Fluffy puppy between a person's legs with hands holding her

Stopping puppy mills

It involves not only passing humane laws, but thwarting the industry’s ever-expand...
Learn more
Best Friends Magazine
A dog being spayed or neutered in Houston

Surgical superstar volunteers help with pet spay/neuter

More Houston pets are being spayed or neutered each week, thanks to help from an a...
See the different ways they help
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Black and white medium-hair cat lying on a shelf

Vancouver area felines hit the jackpot

Cats of all kinds benefit from Rachael Ray Save Them All Grant to Humane Society o...
See how TNVR helps
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Person smiling and hugging a black and white speckled dog

Raining cats and dogs at the Sanctuary

The team welcomes hundreds of new dogs and cats to their canyon-cradled home-betwe...
Collaboration saving lives
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Person wearing Best Friends hat, hugging a German shepherd, by the Mission Hills location

A new chapter in Los Angeles

Best Friends is centralizing operations in the city.
See what's changing in L.A.
Julie Castle Blog