Houston Stories

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Skoolie cat: Monroe lives large in family’s converted school bus

Rescued during Houston's winter ice storms, Monroe has gone from a life on the streets to a life on four wheels.
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97 kittens, an RV and one lifesaving mission

Best Friends volunteers and staff help nearly 100 kittens from Texas shelters find loving foster homes in Utah.
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Shelter from the storm: How a community came together to save a dog from a Texas deep freeze

Pancho was found huddled, cold and scared during a historic Texas winter storm, but through community-focused sheltering he found a wonderful new home.
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6 unexpected benefits of fostering a dog during heartworm treatment

From scoring a couch buddy to knowing you've played a huge role in helping them get healthy, fostering dogs with heartworm can be an incredibly rewarding experience.
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Best Friends reaches out to every shelter in Texas to help homeless pets

Best Friends and partners help both people and their pets during unprecedented frigid temperatures in the Lone Star State.
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The Star of Puppy Bowl XVII

Meet Link, Best Friends' puppy who went prime time in a cameo appearance during Puppy Bowl XVII in 2021.
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Cincinnati rescue group pulls a double, helps two Texas shelters and nearly 150 cats in the wake of a hurricane

After transporting 42 cats from Harris County Pets in Houston, a van from Ohio Alleycat Resources turns around and transports 104 more from Lufkin, Texas.
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Wee kitten helps Scottish adopter adjust to life in the Lone Star State

For Chris Henderson, adopting a little kitten after a trans-Atlantic move during a pandemic made him feel right at home in the USA.
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Big orange tabby cat from Los Angeles charms adopter in Texas, road trips home

Steak managed to charm everyone in his Los Angeles foster home, including someone 1,500 miles away who decided to adopt him.
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Puppy beats distemper with the help of two determined foster moms

Felix had a ticket to ride from Houston to Ruff Start Rescue in Minnesota, but when distemper postponed his plans, a team came together to help him get healthy again.
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Big love for Texas pets during the COVID-19 outbreak

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of dogs and cats from Texas shelters find homes in new states including Minnesota, Colorado and Illinois.
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Grants helping Houston pet families during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue

The Friends For Life wellness clinic and food bank helping pets during the COVID-19 pandemic has been so successful that the shelter plans to keep it going.
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Meet a couple of best friends on a mission to help homeless pets together

When friends Marylin Sharp and Bobbie Oldfield aren't driving pets to new homes, you can find them volunteering together at Best Friends in Houston
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Adoption PSA helps 1,500 Houston pets go home

How Houston-area shelters, Best Friends and a local news station got creative and worked together to help pets get adopted like never before.
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15 quarantine foster pet stories

Check out these adorable pets who got to move out of shelters and in with foster families as people quarantine at home across the country
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